The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

The concept of 'natural capital'is gaining traction internationally as recognition grows of the
central role of the natural environment in sustaining economic and social well-being. It is …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments1, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

Forest ecosystems depend on their capacity to withstand and recover from natural and
anthropogenic perturbations (that is, their resilience) 1. Experimental evidence of sudden …

Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a
synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems …

The character and health of ecosystems worldwide is tightly coupled to changes in Earth's
climate. Theory suggests that ecosystem resilience—the ability of ecosystems to resist and …

Quantifying the resilience of vegetated ecosystems is key to constraining both present-day
and future global impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Here we apply both empirical …

To understand ecosystem responses to anthropogenic global change, a prevailing
framework is the definition of threshold levels of pressure, above which response …