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This long-term analysis is based on images from the Landsat series, adopting a classification strategy relying on vegetation index computations. In particular: (a) the consequences of the radiometric differences of three Landsat sensors on the vegetation index values were analyzed using data simulated by a hyperspectral Hyperion image; (b) the problems resulting from harvesting cycles were minimized using five images per year, after a preliminary analysis on the effects deriving from the number of processed images; (c) an accuracy assessment was carried out on the 2003 and 2013 maps using high resolution images for a portion of the investigated area, with an estimated overall accuracy of 91% for the change detection. 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