Mountain regions provide crucial ecosystem services (ES) to their inhabitants and to the
surrounding lowland populations. However, multiple anthropogenic drivers, such as land …

Agroecosystems are facing new challenges in the context of a growing and increasingly
interconnected human population, and a paradigm shift is needed to successfully address …

Global change is affecting soil biodiversity and functioning across all terrestrial ecosystems.
Still, much is unknown about how soil biodiversity and function will change in the future in …

Model-checking is a methodology developed in computer science to automatically assess
the dynamics of discrete systems, by checking if a system modelled as a state-transition …

CONTEXT Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa seek to improve their livelihoods by
investing in new assets. These investments and their effectiveness are constrained by …

High mountain environments are among the most fragile on Earth. Due to anthropogenic
disturbances and the exposure to extreme weather events, the rates of soil erosion have …

Sub-Saharan social-ecological systems are undergoing changes in environmental
conditions, including modifications in rainfall pattern and biodiversity loss. Consequences of …

The Apulian Region (Italy) is a socio-ecological system shaped by the millennial co-
evolution between human actions and ecological processes. It is characterized by …

Green heart is a form of green space adapted to address urbanization challenges and
provides ecosystem services linked to human well-being and the sustainability of …

The significance of Latin America (LA) in the global food supply is large and prominent. The
livestock sector at this time faces social-ecological challenges that will be accentuated in the …