Some European countries are exploring the idea of replacing dedicated crops with energy
cover crops for biogas production. Indeed, energy cover crops can generate consequential …

Global changes have significant impacts on changes in ecosystem services (ESs) and their
interrelationships. The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is an important ecological barrier in China …

Agricultural soils provide multiple ecosystem services (ES) that can replace chemical inputs
to support agricultural production. However, most arable cropping systems are managed …

Since 2011, the Chinese government has been implementing a series of comprehensive
rock desertification control projects. Concurrently, the relevant ecosystem service functions …

While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and …

Exploring the impacts of landscape pattern on ecosystem services (ESs) and their trade-offs
could provide a new way to improve ESs without largely altering land use types. Using the …

The trade-offs and supply-demand relations of ecosystem services (ES) are at the frontier of
geographical and ecological studies. However, previous studies have focused on either …

Agricultural stakeholders disagree on how to put the general concept of sustainability into
practice. But most recognize the need for assessment methods to characterize the current …

The explicit use of ecosystem services (ESs) assessments has been called as a way to
guide environmental decision making, yet the promise of the ES approach lies behind its …

CONTEXT New types of farming systems have emerged in response to societal demands to
reduce environmental impacts and dependence on non-renewable resources. These …