While non-operating agricultural and absentee forest landowners across the US and Europe
are an important group of landowners, our understanding of them remains relatively limited …

Despite being generally accepted as a promising conservation practice to reduce nitrate
pollution and promote soil sustainability, cover crop adoption in Midwestern US agriculture …

Farmers' decisions about adopting conservation practices are inherently dynamic, affected
by changes in environmental, economic, and social conditions, including interactions with …

Over the past two decades, ecologists have gained a considerable amount of insight
concerning the effects of biological diversity on how ecosystems function. Greater …

The demand on agriculture to meet food security goals and mitigate environmental impacts
requires multifunctional land-use strategies. Considering both farmer motivations and rural …

Although non-operating landowners control a growing percentage of farmland in the US, not
enough is known about them. Modern agricultural practices have increased the global food …

Increasing the capacity of communities on the rural-urban fringe to accommodate
sustainable growth is a key concern among resource management agencies. Decisions …

Significant reductions in phosphorous (P) inputs from cropland are needed to address the re-
eutrophication of Lake Erie. Previous studies aimed at addressing non-point source …

We present a modeling framework that synthesizes social, economic, and ecological
aspects of landscape change to evaluate how different agricultural policy and land tenure …

Farm production practices often focus on mitigating negative consequences of crop**–
particularly annual crops like corn, cereals and oilseeds. Some of North America's most …