A systematic review of agricultural sustainability indicators

A Bathaei, D Štreimikienė - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
A rapidly expanding field, sustainable agriculture aims to produce food and energy for
people today and future generations. The sustainability concept is different in every field; …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of agricultural land management systems for global modeling of biodiversity and ecosystem services

SL Rodríguez, LGJ van Bussel, R Alkemade - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global models of biodiversity and ecosystem services base their calculations on land use
classifications, where agricultural land is only divided into a few categories of management …

Recoupling livestock and feed production in the Netherlands to reduce environmental impacts

B van Selm, R Hijbeek, MK van Ittersum… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In many places on earth, livestock and feed production are decoupled, as feed is grown in
one region and fed to livestock in another. This disrupts nutrient cycles by depleting …

Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter‐annual climate variability in a large field experiment

L Korell, M Andrzejak, S Berger, W Durka… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate and land‐use change are key drivers of global change. Full‐factorial field
experiments in which both drivers are manipulated are essential to understand and predict …

[HTML][HTML] Large inter-annual variation in carbon sink strength of a permanent grassland over 16 years: Impacts of management practices and climate

I Feigenwinter, L Hörtnagl, MJ Zeeman… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Permanent grasslands cover one third of the European agricultural area and are known to
store large amounts of carbon (C) in their soils. However, long-term assessments of their C …

[HTML][HTML] The role of grassland for erosion and flood mitigation in Europe: A meta-analysis

F Milazzo, RM Francksen, L Zavattaro… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Permanent grasslands are widely recognized for their role in protecting the landscape
against soil erosion and flooding. However, this role has not yet been comprehensively …

Multitrophic biodiversity enhances ecosystem functions, services and ecological intensification in agriculture

OY Buzhdygan, JS Petermann - Journal of Plant Ecology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
One central challenge for humanity is to mitigate and adapt to an ongoing climate and
biodiversity crisis while providing resources to a growing human population. Ecological …

Grassland‐use intensity maps for Switzerland based on satellite time series: Challenges and opportunities for ecological applications

D Weber, M Schwieder, L Ritter, T Koch… - Remote Sensing in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use intensification in grassland ecosystems (ie increased mowing frequency,
intensified grazing) has a strong negative effect on biodiversity and ecosystem services …

Variation in methane uptake by grassland soils in the context of climate change–a review of effects and mechanisms

A Rafalska, A Walkiewicz, B Osborne, K Klumpp… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grassland soils are climate-dependent ecosystems that have a significant greenhouse gas
mitigating function through their ability to store large amounts of carbon (C). However, what …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the independent contributions of climate and land use change to ecosystem services

J **ao, F Song, F Su, Z Shi, S Song - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services (ESs) are critical to human welfare and play an important role in
supporting sustainable social and economic development. Climate change (CLC) and land …