Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the
delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop …

Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through
provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the …

BACKGROUND Biodiversity is under siege, with greatly enhanced rates of local and global
extinction and the decline of once-abundant species. Current rates of human-induced …

Pollination is a critical ecosystem service underpinning the productivity of agricultural
systems across the world. Wild insect populations provide a substantial contribution to the …

Striving to feed a population set to reach almost 10 billion people by 2050 in a sustainable
way is high on the research and policy agendas. Further intensification and expansion of …

The sustainable intensification of agricultural systems offers synergistic opportunities for the
co-production of agricultural and natural capital outcomes. Efficiency and substitution are …

Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key
aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and …

There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

BACKGROUND The mid-20th century brought agricultural transformation and the “Green
Revolution.” New crop varieties and livestock breeds—combined with increased use of …