Intensive agriculture has led to several drawbacks such as biodiversity loss, climate change,
erosion, and pollution of air and water. A potential solution is to implement management …

In most current farming system classifications (eg “conventional” versus “organic”), each type
of farming system encompasses a wide variety of farming practices and performances …

Concerns about the negative impacts of productivist agriculture have led to the emergence
of two forms of ecological modernisation of agriculture. The first, efficiency-substitution …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 101–112 Abstract Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes can be
increased with conversion of some production lands into 'more‐natural'–unmanaged or …

Comparative functional ecology seeks to understand why and how ecological systems and
their components operate differently across environments. Although traditionally used in …

Honey bee populations have experienced serious losses in Europe and North America.
These losses highlight the potential risk to our agricultural systems that could result from loss …

Agriculture is a human activity that receives the most direct benefits from ecosystem services
(ES) while it is one of the most influent on their sustainability and is also directly impacted by …

Mixed farming systems are of interest in the search for sustainability because of their species
diversity and the potential for synergy from integrating crops with livestock. However, their …

Conventional agriculture is based on a high level of chemical inputs such as pesticides and
fertilisers, leading to serious environmental impacts, health risks and loss of biodiversity in …

Integrated crop–livestock systems are often considered a promising way to address
agricultural sustainability issues. Many authors claim that complementarities and synergies …