Background Agricultural systems are amended ecosystems with a variety of properties.
Modern agroecosystems have tended towards high through-flow systems, with energy …

Context Agroecology combines agronomic and ecological concepts. It relies on the
enhancement of biodiversity and related ecosystem services to support agricultural …

Cultural ecosystem services (ES) are consistently recognized but not yet adequately defined
or integrated within the ES framework. A substantial body of models, methods, and data …

An accurate and objective estimate on the extent of agroforestry in Europe is critical for the
development of supporting policies. For this reason, a more harmonised and uniform Pan …

Scattered trees are prominent features in many landscapes worldwide, including natural
landscapes, cultural landscapes, and recently modified landscapes. The ecological …

Current conventional agriculture is considered unsustainable and inadequate to address
great societal challenges such as climate change, environmental pollution, food security …

Agricultural pollution consists a serious concern for environmental protection managers.
Among the pollutants, nitrates, phosphoric compounds and organic pesticides from …

Mixed systems of agriculture incorporating combinations of trees and crops have formed key
elements of the landscape of Europe throughout historical times, and many such systems …

Agroforestry offers proven strategies as an environmentally benign and ecologically
sustainable land management practice to promote ecosystem services. In this literature …

Agroforestry is a new name for a rather old practice. From a historical point of view, various
agroforestry systems existed in Europe, of which the wood pastures (Neolithicum), the …