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Invasive species are one of the leading threats to biodiversity worldwide. Therefore, chemical herbicides are increasingly used to control invasive pl...

Increasing plant species richness often increases biomass production in nutrient-poor semi-natural grasslands. If such positive diversity-productivity...

Invasions by exotic annual grasses (EAGs) are replacing native perennials in semiarid areas globally, including the vast sagebrush-steppe rangelands o...

Active restoration to rehabilitate degraded tropical lands often involves planting tree seedlings, an effective but expensive approach if large areas ...

Global freshwater demand is increasing dramatically, with water withdrawal rates more than tripling in the last five decades. Consequently, alteration...

Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honeybee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee populations, thereby threatening crop production. Th...

Rice is one of the most important crops in the world. Several transgenic varieties of rice have been developed, and some have recently entered pre-pro...

According to the pyrodiversity paradigm, a wide range of fire regimes is required to maintain biodiversity in fire-prone landscapes. However, the requ...

Grazing by livestock is a common land use in arid and semi-arid areas. Developing sustainable grazing regimes that conserve vegetation and maintain pr...

Farmland biodiversity benefits pollination, biological control and other key ecosystem services. Food safety has been seen as an exception to this bro...