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  • Analysis
    | Open Access

    Analyses of drivers of water stress are used to predict likely trajectories of the Amazon forest system and suggests potential actions that could prevent system collapse.

    • Bernardo M. Flores
    • , Encarni Montoya
    •  & Marina Hirota

  • Article
    | Open Access

    A large-scale, five-year study in Indonesia finds that enriching oil palm-dominated landscapes with patches of trees bolsters biodiversity and ecosystem functioning without impairing oil palm yields but should not replace forest protection.

    • Delphine Clara Zemp
    • , Nathaly Guerrero-Ramirez
    •  & Holger Kreft

  • Article |

    The aboveground carbon stock of a montane African forest network is comparable to that of a lowland African forest network and two-thirds higher than default values for these montane forests.

    • Aida Cuni-Sanchez
    • , Martin J. P. Sullivan
    •  & Etienne Zibera

  • Article |

    A meta-analysis of studies in which bees were exposed to combinations of agrochemicals, nutritional stressors and/or parasites revealed evidence for synergistic effects on mortality when bees were exposed to multiple agrochemicals at field-realistic levels.

    • Harry Siviter
    • , Emily J. Bailes
    •  & Mark J. F. Brown

  • Article |

    Deep learning was used to map the crown sizes of each tree in the West African Sahara, Sahel and sub-humid zone using submetre-resolution satellite imagery, revealing a relatively high density of trees in arid areas.

    • Martin Brandt
    • , Compton J. Tucker
    •  & Rasmus Fensholt

  • Article |

    Modelled supply curves show that, with policy reform and technological innovation, the production of food from the sea may increase sustainably, perhaps supplying 25% of the increase in demand for meat products by 2050.

    • Christopher Costello
    • , Ling Cao
    •  & Jane Lubchenco

  • Letter |

    Chronic exposure to sulfoxaflor (a sulfoximine-based insecticide) has severe sub-lethal effects on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies; exposed colonies produced fewer workers and fewer reproductive offspring than unexposed control colonies.

    • Harry Siviter
    • , Mark J. F. Brown
    •  & Ellouise Leadbeater

  • Article |

    Analyses of current coral reef growth rates in the tropical western Atlantic and Indian Ocean show that few reefs will have the capacity to track sea-level rise projections under Representative Concentration Pathway scenarios without sustained ecological recovery.

    • Chris T. Perry
    • , Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip
    •  & Chancey Macdonald

  • Review Article |

    Wild and managed pollinators are threatened by pressures such as environmental changes and pesticides, leading to risks for pollinator-dependent crop production, meaning more research and better policies are needed to safeguard pollinators and their services.

    • Simon G. Potts
    • , Vera Imperatriz-Fonseca
    •  & Adam J. Vanbergen

  • Letter |

    An analysis of above-ground biomass recovery during secondary succession in forest sites and plots, covering the major environmental gradients in the Neotropics.

    • Lourens Poorter
    • , Frans Bongers
    •  & Danaë M. A. Rozendaal

  • Perspective |

    Soil biodiversity sustains human health and its loss can be mitigated by sustainable management.

    • Diana H. Wall
    • , Uffe N. Nielsen
    •  & Johan Six

  • Letter |

    Despite substantial evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides can have negative effects on bees, there have been no reports that this leads to problems with pollination; here bumblebee colonies exposed to a neonicotinoid are shown to provide reduced pollination services to apple trees, leading to a reduction in seed number.

    • Dara A. Stanley
    • , Michael P. D. Garratt
    •  & Nigel E. Raine

  • Letter |

    Laboratory infection experiments and field data show that emerging infectious diseases of honeybees are widespread infectious agents within the pollinator assemblage; the prevalence of deformed wing virus (DWV) and the parasite Nosema ceranae in honeybees and bumblebees is linked, and sympatric bumblebees and honeybees are infected by the same DWV strains, indicating ongoing disease transmission.

    • M. A. Fürst
    • , D. P. McMahon
    •  & M. J. F. Brown

  • Letter |

    A comparative assessment of six alternative cropping systems over 20 years shows that, once well established, successional herbaceous vegetation grown on marginal lands has a direct greenhouse gas emissions mitigation capacity that rivals that of purpose-grown crops.

    • Ilya Gelfand
    • , Ritvik Sahajpal
    •  & G. Philip Robertson

  • Letter |

    A nine-year whole-ecosystem experiment demonstrates that nutrient enrichment, a global problem in coastal ecosystems, can be a driver of salt-marsh loss.

    • Linda A. Deegan
    • , David Samuel Johnson
    •  & Wilfred M. Wollheim

  • Comment |

    The intergovernmental body for biodiversity must draw on a much broader range of knowledge and stakeholders than the IPCC, say Esther Turnhout and colleagues.

    • Esther Turnhout
    • , Bob Bloomfield
    •  & Brian Wynne

  • Review Article |

    Two decades ago the first Earth Summit raised the question of how biological diversity loss alters ecosystem functioning and affects humanity; this Review looks at the progress made towards answering this question.

    • Bradley J. Cardinale
    • , J. Emmett Duffy
    •  & Shahid Naeem

  • Opinion |

    The value of ecosystems is largely invisible to markets. Ricardo Bayon and Michael Jenkins call on governments to drive regulatory and voluntary economic instruments that put a price on the services that nature provides.

    • Ricardo Bayon
    •  & Michael Jenkins

  • News & Views |

    Organic farming supports higher biodiversity. Research involving the Colorado potato beetle shows that this increased diversity can deliver a better ecosystem service in the form of more effective pest control.

    • Lindsay A. Turnbull
    •  & Andy Hector

  • Editorial |

    The BP spill should help make the case for bringing ecosystem services into the economy.

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