Abstract Earth System Science (ESS) is a rapidly emerging transdisciplinary endeavour
aimed at understanding the structure and functioning of the Earth as a complex, adaptive …

Dynamic interactions between and within the biogeophysical and human environments lead
to the production, processing, distribution, preparation and consumption of food, resulting in …

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

A daptation refers to adjustments in ecological, social, or economic systems in response to
actual or expected climatic stimuli and their effects or impacts. It refers to changes in …

This report is FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies,
nutrition and agriculture. It presents the projections and the main messages. The projections …

Sustainability requires living within the regenerative capacity of the biosphere. In an attempt
to measure the extent to which humanity satisfies this requirement, we use existing data to …

This book presents recent estimates on the rate of change of major land classes.
Aggregated globally, multiple impacts of local land changes are shown to significantly affect …

Global climate change, caused by increased emissions of greenhouse gases, is likely to
affect agroecosystems in many ways, but the outcome, for instance, as a shift in productivity …

Analyses of carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) in soil organic matter (SOM) and soil respired CO2
provide insights into dynamics of the carbon cycle. δ13C analyses do not provide direct …