BACKGROUND Biodiversity is under siege, with greatly enhanced rates of local and global
extinction and the decline of once-abundant species. Current rates of human-induced …

Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

Globally, forests cover nearly one third of the land area and they contain over 80% of
terrestrial biodiversity. Both the extent and quality of forest habitat continue to decrease and …

How do we redesign agricultural landscapes to maintain their productivity and profitability,
while promoting rather than eradicating biodiversity, and regenerating rather than …

The pace of deforestation worldwide has necessitated the development of strategies that
restore forest cover quickly and efficiently. We review one potential strategy, applied …

This review by a multidisciplinary team maps key components and emerging connections
within the intellectual landscape of agroecology. We attempt to extend and preview …

Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant taxa closely related to crops
and are a source of high genetic diversity that can help adapt crops to the impacts of global …

Approaches to integrated landscape management are currently garnering new interest as
scientists, policymakers, and local stakeholders recognize the need to increase the multi …

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and
sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a …

Coffee is one of the most important tropical crops on earth, considering both its gross
production value and the number of families that depend on it for their livelihoods. Coffee …