Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature

WF Laurance, J Sayer, KG Cassman - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2014 - cell.com
The human population is projected to reach 11 billion this century, with the greatest
increases in tropical developing nations. This growth, in concert with rising per-capita …

Habitat recovery and restoration in aquatic ecosystems: current progress and future challenges

J Geist, SJ Hawkins - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are degraded by a variety of pressures as a result of the growing human
population. Global‐scale impacts include homogenization of biological communities …

Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene

M Exposito-Alonso, TR Booker, L Czech, L Gillespie… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change are reducing species' geographic ranges,
increasing extinction risk and losses of species' genetic diversity. Although preserving …

Advancing sustainability through urban green space: Cultural ecosystem services, equity, and social determinants of health

V Jennings, L Larson, J Yun - International Journal of environmental …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Urban green spaces provide an array of benefits, or ecosystem services, that support our
physical, psychological, and social health. In many cases, however, these benefits are not …

Using social media photos to explore the relation between cultural ecosystem services and landscape features across five European sites

E Oteros-Rozas, B Martín-López, N Fagerholm… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cultural ecosystem services, such as aesthetic and recreational enjoyment, as well as sense
of place and local identity, play an outstanding role in the contribution of landscapes to …

Canopy mortality has doubled in Europe's temperate forests over the last three decades

C Senf, D Pflugmacher, Y Zhiqiang, J Sebald… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mortality is a key indicator of forest health, and increasing mortality can serve as bellwether
for the impacts of global change on forest ecosystems. Here we analyze trends in forest …

Allelopathy is pervasive in invasive plants

S Kalisz, SN Kivlin, L Bialic-Murphy - Biological Invasions, 2021 - Springer
Invasive species utilize a wide array of trait strategies to establish in novel ecosystems.
Among these traits is the capacity to produce allelopathic compounds that can directly inhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Circular, green, and bio economy: how do companies in land-use intensive sectors align with sustainability concepts?

D D'Amato, J Korhonen, A Toppinen - Ecological economics, 2019 - Elsevier
The UN Agenda 2030 deems the private sector pivotal in co-governing sustainability issues.
Despite intense research on corporate sustainability there is no explicit analysis of which …

Ecosystem services approach for community-based ecotourism: towards an equitable and sustainable blue economy

A Phelan, L Ruhanen, J Mair - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the role of community-based ecotourism within the developing market
dynamics of the blue economy. The blue economy has become synonymous with …

How does forest management affect fungal diversity and community composition? Current knowledge and future perspectives for the conservation of forest fungi

A Tomao, JA Bonet, C Castano, S de-Miguel - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The influence of forest management on fungal diversity and community composition has
been the subject of a wide number of studies over the last two decades. However, the …