Network science: applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security

Windsor, Fredric M.; Armenteras, Dolors; Assis, Ana Paula A.; Astegiano, Julia; Santana, Pamela C.; Cagnolo, Luciano; Carvalheiro, Luísa G.; Emary, Clive; Fort, Hugo; Gonzalez, Xavier I.; Kitson, James J.N.; Lacerda, Ana C.F.; Lois, Marcelo; Márquez-Velásquez, Viviana; Miller, Kirsten E.; Monasterolo, Marcos; Omacini, Marina; Maia, Kate P.; Palacios, Tania Paula; Pocock, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4375-0445; Poggio, Santiago L.; Varassin, Isabela G.; Vázquez, Diego P.; Tavella, Julia; Rother, Débora C.; Devoto, Mariano; Guimarães, Paulo R.; Evans, Darren M.. 2022 Network science: applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 20 (2). 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2022.03.001

Before downloading, please read NORA policies.

Preview

Text
N532854JA.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Download (2MB) | Preview

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2022.03.001

Abstract/Summary

The global challenge of feeding two billion more people by 2050, using more sustainable agricultural practices whilst dealing with uncertainties associated with environmental change, requires a transformation of food systems. We present a new perspective for how advances in network science can provide novel ways to better understand, harness, and restore multiple ecological processes in agricultural environments. We describe: (i) a network-focused framework for managing agro-ecosystems that accounts for the multiple interactions between biodiversity and associated ecosystem services; (ii) guidance for incorporating socio-economic factors into ecological networks; and (iii) the potential to upscale network methods to inform efforts to build resilience, including global food-supply chains. In doing so we aim to facilitate the application of network science as a systems-based way to tackle the challenges of securing an equitable distribution of food.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2022.03.001
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2530-0644
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	agriculture, biodiversity, ecological networks, social networks, crops, food production, resilience
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science
Date made live:	05 Jul 2022 17:00 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532854

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2022.03.001

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2530-0644

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

agriculture, biodiversity, ecological networks, social networks, crops, food production, resilience