Indicators of water use efficiency across diverse agroecosystems and spatiotemporal scales

DL Hoover, LJ Abendroth, DM Browning, A Saha… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between water and production within and across
agroecosystems is essential for addressing several agricultural challenges of the 21st …

The LTAR Common Experiment: Facilitating improved agricultural sustainability through coordinated cross‐site research

MA Liebig, LJ Abendroth, GP Robertson… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term research is essential for guiding the development of agroecosystems to meet
escalating production demands in a manner that is environmentally sound and socially …

Grassland intensification effects cascade to alter multifunctionality of wetlands within metaecosystems

Y Guo, EH Boughton, S Bohlman, C Bernacchi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sustainable agricultural intensification could improve ecosystem service multifunctionality,
yet empirical evidence remains tenuous, especially regarding consequences for spatially …

Fulfilling the promise of digital tools to build rangeland resilience

BT Bestelmeyer, SE McCord… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The world's rangelands and drylands are undergoing rapid change, and consequently are
becoming more difficult to manage. Big data and digital technologies (digital tools) provide …

The Long‐Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network: Cross‐site transdisciplinary science to support a sustainable and resilient agriculture

T Tsegaye, M Eve, CJ Hapeman… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Long‐Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network is a collaborative
initiative funded by the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Establishing quantitative benchmarks for soil erosion and ecological monitoring, assessment, and management

NP Webb, BL Edwards, A Heller, SE McCord… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil erosion can have a multitude of negative impacts on agroecosystems and society and
there remains an urgent need for tools to support its management. Quantitative benchmarks …

A framework and toolset for standardizing agroecosystem indicators

SE McCord, JR Brehm, SH Burnett, C Dietrich… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Standard indicators and measurements are key to cross-scale agroecosystem assessments.
While the need to standardize indicators is broadly recognized, inconsistencies in indicator …

The LTAR Grazing Land Common Experiment at the Jornada Experimental Range: Old genetics, new precision technologies, and adaptive value chains

S Spiegal, R Estell, A Cibils, A Cox, MM McIntosh… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rangelands and the supply chains connected to them are central to the agrifood systems of
the Southwestern United States. Local ranchers are simultaneously arid lands managers …

Loss of seasonal ranges reshapes transhumant adaptive capacity: Thirty-five years at the US Sheep Experiment Station

H Wilmer, JB Taylor, D Macon, MC Reeves… - Agriculture and Human …, 2024 - Springer
Transhumance is a form of extensive livestock production that involves seasonal movements
among ecological zones or landscape types. Rangeland-based transhumance constitutes …

The Landscape Data Commons: A system for standardizing, accessing, and applying large environmental datasets for agroecosystem research and management

SE McCord, NP Webb, BT Bestelmeyer… - Agricultural & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding where, when, and why agroecosystems are changing requires quality
information about ecosystems that span land tenure, ecological processes, and spatial …