Annual Cultivated Extent and Agricultural Land Use Expansion across the Central Grasslands of North America, 1996-2021
Sean Carter, Scott L. Morford, Jason D. Tack, Tyler J. Lark, Nazli Uludere Aragon, Brady Allred, Dirac Twidwell, David E. Naugle
The paper develops a dataset tracking cropland changes in North American grasslands from 1996 to 2021, revealing a 17% increase in cumulative cropland despite only 3% growth in active cropland.
Ecological Indicators · Aug 7, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology