Climate change and global warming are of great concern to agriculture worldwide and are
among the most discussed issues in today's society. Climate parameters such as increased …

Map** the demand for ecosystem services (ES) has received increased attention in
scientific research and is seen as a relevant tool to inform conservation planning, land use …

Research on interdisciplinary science has for the most part concentrated on the institutional
obstacles that discourage or hamper interdisciplinary work, with the expectation that …

Water has been pushed into a linear model, which is increasingly acknowledged of causing
cumulative emissions of pollutants, waste stocks, and impacting on the irreversible …

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for all crops, yet its excess negatively affects public
health, the environment, and the economy. At the same time, rock P is a critical raw material …

Ecological forecasting provides a powerful set of methods for predicting short‐and long‐term
change in living systems. Forecasts are now widely produced, enabling proactive …

Risk analysis of species invasions links biology and economics, is increasingly mandated by
international and national policies, and enables improved management of invasive species …

Governments worldwide are recognising ecosystem services as an approach to address
sustainability challenges. Decision‐makers need credible and legitimate measurements of …

Trait-based approaches are an alternative to species-based approaches for functionally
linking individual organisms with community structure and dynamics. In the trait-based …

After decades of extensive surveying, knowledge of the global distribution of species still
remains inadequate for many purposes. In the short to medium term, such knowledge is …