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Four-century history of land transformation by humans in the United States (1630–2020): annual and 1 km grid data for the HIStory of LAND changes (HISLAND-US)
Xiaoyong Li
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center
for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085,
China
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467,
USA
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, College
of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849,
USA
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Hanqin Tian
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467,
USA
Chaoqun Lu
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Shufen Pan
International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, College
of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849,
USA
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467,
USA
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We reconstructed land use and land cover (LULC) history for the conterminous United States during 1630–2020 by integrating multi-source data. The results show the widespread expansion of cropland and urban land and the shrinking of natural vegetation in the past four centuries. Forest planting and regeneration accelerated forest recovery since the 1920s. The datasets can be used to assess the LULC impacts on the ecosystem's carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles.
We reconstructed land use and land cover (LULC) history for the conterminous United States...
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