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Human Landscape Modification

Human Landscape Modification is an academic concept within geomorphology denoting the systematic alteration of natural landforms and surface processes by anthropogenic activities, distinguished from other landscape dynamics through the intentional or incidental influence of human technological, agricultural, and urban development practices on Earth's surface configuration.

189

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11.4K

Citations

937

Authors

461

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

82

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Publications

189

Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis

Joern Fischer, David B. Lindenmayer · Global Ecology and Biogeography · 2007 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

Lucas Stephens, Dorian Q. Fuller, Nicole Boivin et al. · Science · 2019 · 592 citations · Full text

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General patterns of niche construction and the management of ‘wild’ plant and animal resources by small-scale pre-industrial societies

Bruce D. Smith · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 347 citations

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Early Holocene crop cultivation and landscape modification in Amazonia

Umberto Lombardo, José Iriarte, Lautaro Hilbert et al. · Nature · 2020 · 260 citations · Full text

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Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans

Justin P. Suraci, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Maximilian L. Allen et al. · Global Change Biology · 2021 · 177 citations · Full text

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Authors

937

  1. MT
    Marcelo Tabarelli

    Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

    4 publications · 152 citations

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  2. DB
    David B. Lindenmayer

    Australian National University, Australia

    4 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. PM
    Pedro Manoel Galetti

    Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil

    3 publications · 96 citations

    3

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  4. MC
    Mason Crane

    Australian National University, Australia

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  5. CC
    Christopher C. Wilmers

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    3 publications · 266 citations

    3

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Institutions

461

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    268 citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    6 h-index

    28 publications

    5.6K citations

  3. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    5 h-index

    26 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    397 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    399 citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    324 citations

  7. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Recife, Brazil

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    773 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    386 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    8 publications · 349 citations

    8

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  2. Biological Conservation

    6 publications · 343 citations

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  3. Landscape and Urban Planning

    7 publications · 305 citations

    6

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  4. Scientific Reports

    5 publications · 241 citations

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  5. The Holocene

    5 publications · 217 citations

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