Connections between locusts and people date back millennia and locusts remain a major
food security challenge today throughout the world. Locust biology is often linked to abiotic …

Highlights•Telecouplings have generated widespread spillover systems worldwide.•We
develop a typology of spillover systems based on six criteria.•Spillover systems are often …

Abstract Locusts are grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) that are characterised by their
capacity for extreme population density-dependent polyphenism, transforming between a …

Simple Summary Locust outbreaks around the world regularly affect vast areas and millions
of people. Map** and monitoring locust habitats, as well as prediction of locust outbreaks …

Abstract Changes in land management and climate alter vegetation dynamics, but the
determinants of vegetation changes often remain elusive, especially in global drylands …

In an increasingly interconnected world, human–environment interactions involving flows of
people, organisms, goods, information, and energy are expanding in magnitude and extent …

Locusts are grasshoppers that can migrate en masse and devastate food security. Plant
nutrient content is a key variable influencing population dynamics, but the relationship is not …

Complex sustainability issues in the Anthropocene, with rapid globalization and global
environmental changes, are increasingly interlinked between not only nearby systems but …

Communities living in the grasslands of present day Inner Mongolia have experienced
dramatic social, economic and ecological changes over the past millennium. More recently …

Global climate change will probably exacerbate crop losses from insect pests, reducing
agricultural production, and threatening food security. To predict where crop losses will …