Soil health is presented as an integrative property that reflects the capacity of soil to respond
to agricultural intervention, so that it continues to support both the agricultural production …

The evolution of natural ecosystems is controled by a high level of biodiversity, in sharp
contrast, intensive agricultural systems involve monocultures associated with high input of …

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the
conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the …

Soil is the habitat of plant roots and of a diverse array of organisms—bacteria, fungi,
protozoa and invertebrate animals—which contribute to the maintenance and productivity of …

The assumed relationship between biodiversity or local richness and the persistence of
'ecosystem services'(that can sustain productivity on-site as well as off-site, eg through …

'Refreshingly fluent narrative, brimming full of stories and metaphors' Tim O'Riordan,
University of East Anglia, UK'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points …

The suppression of agricultural pests has often been proposed as an important service of
natural enemy diversity, but few experiments have tested this assertion. In this study we …

Complex (multi-species) agroecosystems change rapidly as a result of farmers' decisions
based on their perception of opportunities and constraints. Overall, the major trend is still …

Understanding the impacts of agricultural intensification and extensification on soil biota
communities is useful in order to preserve and restore biological diversity in agricultural soils …

Although food-production systems for the world's rural poor typically have had devastating
effects on the planet's wealth of genes, species, and ecosystems, that need not be the case …