Agriculture provides the largest share of food supplies and ensures a critical number of
ecosystem services (eg, food provisioning). Therefore, agriculture is vital for food security …

Mycorrhizas are among the most important biological interkingdom interactions, as they
involve~ 340,000 land plants and~ 50,000 taxa of soil fungi. In these mutually beneficial …

Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Land-use intensification in agrarian landscapes is seen as a key strategy to simultaneously
feed humanity and use ecosystems sustainably, but the conditions that support positive …

Achieving well-being for all, while protecting the environment, is one of the most pressing
global challenges of our time, and a central idea in the UN Sustainable Development Goals …

The Tansley review by Ryan & Graham (2018) provided a welcome critical perspective on
the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in large-scale industrial agriculture, with a …

Abstract The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is an important ecological function area in the world, but
its ecosystem is very fragile owing to the alpine environment. Owing to varying landforms …

Purpose The recently introduced concept of 'landscape services'—ecosystem services
influenced by landscape patterns—may be particularly useful in landscape planning by …

Increased global agricultural output since the 1990s has been largely driven by innovations
that raised the efficiency of use of labour, land, capital and other inputs—referred to as total …