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. 2013 Oct;5(5):464–470. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.07.010

Table 1.

Summary of dimensions and indicators of land-use intensity

Proposed dimension/indicator Authors
Inputs
Cropping frequency, proportion of fallow land, harvest intervals and rotation length in forestry [21,26,27,28,29,30,31]
Cropping frequency combined with indices for technology [32,33,15,34]
Indices combining inputs of labour and capital (and skills) per land area [35,36,37,38,27,39]
Single inputs per land area [40,41]
Type of forest regeneration (planting, seeding or natural regeneration) [42]



Outputs
Agricultural yield (production per area and time) [25,18••,43,44,45]
Stocking density of livestocka [46]
Felling rates (fellings as percent of net annual increment) [47]



Inputs and outputs
Combined indices of inputs and outputsa [14••,48,49,50]



Changes in system properties
Biodiversity [51]
Complexity of ecosystems [23]
Net primary production [52]
Carbon stocks [53••]
Water and nutrient cycle [22,51]
a

Livestock density is classified as output.