[HTML][HTML] Agroecosystem services: A review of concepts, indicators, assessment methods and future research perspectives

Q Liu, X Sun, W Wu, Z Liu, G Fang, P Yang - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Agroecosystems benefit from many ecosystem services and are frequently managed to
increase productivity. In recent years, agricultural industrialization has caused the loss of …

How to prevent and cope with coincidence of risks to the global food system

S Fan, EEY Cho, T Meng, C Rue - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The global food system faces major risks and threats that can cause massive economic loss;
dislocation of food supply chains; and welfare loss of producers, consumers, and other food …

Food security and sustainable agriculture in Lebanon: An environmental accounting framework

L Skaf, E Buonocore, S Dumontet, R Capone… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
World population is expected to approach 9.7 billion by 2050. This scenario will lead to an
increase in food demand, worsening environmental problems due to intensive agricultural …

Impacts of conventional and biodegradable microplastics in maize-soil ecosystems: above and below ground

Z Liu, Z Wu, Y Zhang, J Wen, Z Su, H Wei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing accumulation of microplastics (MPs) in agroecosystems has raised
significant environmental and public health concerns, facilitating the application of …

Soil management effects on soil water erosion and runoff in central Syria—A comparative evaluation of general linear model and random forest regression

S Mohammed, A Al-Ebraheem, IJ Holb, K Alsafadi… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean part of Syria is affected by soil water erosion due to poor land
management. Within this context, the main aim of this research was to track soil erosion and …

Policy-oriented versus market-induced: Factors influencing crop diversity across China

X Song, X Wang, X Li, W Zhang, J Scheffran - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Crop diversity is crucial for sustainable farmland ecosystems and global sustainability, and
thus is a popular subject of research in ecological economics, agricultural science, and …

Using co-constructed mental models to understand stakeholder perspectives on agro-ecology

F Van Hulst, R Ellis, K Prager… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Agro-ecology has been recognized as a potential route to realizing the multiple economic,
social, and environmental benefits increasingly required of agricultural systems. However …

Plant invasion alters community structure and decreases diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

V Řezáčová, M Řezáč, M Gryndler, H Hršelová… - Applied Soil …, 2021 - Elsevier
Invasive plants often pose serious threats to the natural biodiversity of invaded ecosystems
and in this way are likely to alter ecosystem services. This applies to arbuscular mycorrhizal …

Review on driving factors of ecosystem services: Its enlightenment for the improvement of forest ecosystem functions in karst desertification control

L Kong, K Xiong, S Zhang, Y Zhang, X Deng - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding the multi-scale and multi-factor driving mechanisms of ecosystem services
(ES) change is crucial for combating the severe degradation of the ecosystem. We reviewed …

Optimized crop rotations increase biomass production without significantly changing soil carbon and nitrogen stock

J Chen, PE Lærke, U Jørgensen - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
To meet the growing challenges for food security, renewable resource production and
climate change adaptation, optimized crop rotations (OCRs) should aim to maximize …