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Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6353-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6353-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
Data description article
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24 Nov 2025
Data description article |  | 24 Nov 2025

HIStory of LAND transformation by humans in South America (HISLAND-SA): annual and 1 km gridded data for soybean, maize, wheat, and rice (1950–2020)

Binyuan Xu, Hanqin Tian, Shufen Pan, Xiaoyong Li, Ran Meng, Óscar Melo, Anne McDonald, María de los Ángeles Picone, Xiao-Peng Song, Edson Severnini, Katharine G. Young, and Feng Zhao

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This study reconstructed the spatial and temporal patterns of four major crops (soybean, maize, wheat, and rice) in South America from 1950 to 2020 by integrating multiple data sources. The results reveal a significant expansion in cropland, particularly for soybean, leading to a substantial reduction in natural vegetation such as forests and grasslands. The datasets can be used to assess the impacts of cropland expansion on water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles in South America.
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