Rapid changes in land use, food systems, and livelihoods require social–ecological systems that keep multiple options open and prepare for future unpredictability. Sustainagility refers …
Ecological systems are vulnerable to irreversible change when key system properties are pushed over thresholds, resulting in the loss of resilience and the precipitation of a regime …
Southeast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and urbanization, which are expected …
Urban ecosystem services are crucial for human well-being and the livability of cities. A central challenge for sustaining ecosystem services lies in addressing scale mismatches …
G Worboys, WL Francis, M Lockwood - 2010 - books.google.com
In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital …
J Lorimer - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims to open conversations between human and physical geographers interested in the diversity and dynamics of life and ways of ensuring their future flourishing. It …
Seed dispersal by animals is considered a pivotal ecosystem function that drives plant‐ community dynamics in natural habitats and vegetation recovery in human‐altered …
To increase ecosystem services provided by their lands, farmers in the United States are managing non-production areas to create a more biodiverse set of habitats and greater …
Biodiversity management has traditionally followed two contradictory approaches. One champions ecosystem protection through rigorous law enforcement and exclusion of …