Agroecosystems cover more than one quarter of the global land area (ca. 50 million km2) as
highly simplified (eg pasturelands) or more complex systems (eg polycultures and …

Less than a quarter of Earth's terrestrial ecosystems remain intact. Protected areas (PA s)
are far exceeded in area by natural habitats that have been transformed for agriculture, and …

Protected areas (PAs) often depend on landscapes surrounding them to maintain flows of
organisms, water, nutrients, and energy. Park managers have little authority over the …

Urbanization is currently a major force in tropical land use transitions as economic activities
aggregate in urban centers, particularly in Asia. This paper examines relationships among …

Shifting agriculture in the tropics has been replaced by sedentary smallholder farming on a
few hectares of degraded land. To address low yields and low income both, the soil fertility …

Human-modified tropical landscapes under semi-natural or agro-ecosystems often harbor
biodiversity of significant conservation value. In the Western Ghats of India, these …

Global oil palm expansion has caused substantial ecological damage to tropical
biodiversity. We quantified wild mammal richness in large oil palm plantation estates and …

Abstract Changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services in terrestrial systems are being
driven by the synergistic interactions between the loss of native vegetation and land-use …

As both coffee quality and sustainability become increasingly important, there is growing
interest in understanding how ecological quality affects coffee quality. Here we analyze, for …

Shade coffee systems provide a refuge for biodiversity; however, research has been
dominated by bird and insect studies with few studies that have focused on mammals living …