Networking agroecology : integrating the diversity of agroecosystem interactions
2013
Bohan, David | Raybould, Alan | Mulder, Christian | Woodward, Guy | Tamaddoni-Nezhad, Alireza | Blüthgen, Nico | Pocock, Michael J. O. | Muggleton, Stephen | Evans, Darren M. | Astegiano, Julia | Massol, François | Loeuille, Nicolas | Petit, Sandrine | Macfadyen, Sarina | Agroécologie [Dijon] ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement | Syngenta ; Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM) | Imperial College London | Darmstadt University of Technology [Darmstadt] | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | University of Hull [United Kingdom] | Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) ; Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) ; Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Occitanie])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP) | CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences ; CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences ; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia] (CSIRO)-Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia] (CSIRO)
International audience
Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. Worldwide demand for food will increase dramatically in the future as global human population grows. Increasing efficiency of crop production is unlikely to be sufficient to meet the demand, presenting a long-term threat to humanity's 'well-being'. Knowledge of the system-level behaviour of agroecosystems, however, remains surprisingly limited, reflecting the agricultural focus on particular species. This is starting to change towards an ecosystem and network-based approach, following the recent revolution in thinking about resource use and sustainability in our other global food production industry: commercial fisheries. Agroecosystems appear to retain plasticity of ecological processes that might be manipulated for productivity and sustainability. Network structure and dynamics have substantial impacts on ecosystem performance, but evidence from agroecosystems lags behind network theory. Here, we provide an introduction to network theory and application in agroecosystems, identify network metrics for management and environmental change, and, finally, we highlight gaps in our current knowledge and key research themes. These themes include: is the structure of agroecological networks affected by sampling; how do ecosystem services 'emerge' empirically from ecological organization, function and network properties; how do spatial and temporal scale and resolution influence system performance; and, can network agroecology be used to design systems that maximize ecosystem services?
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