Ecological functions and human wellbeing depend on ecosystem services. Among the ecosystem servic...

Human activities are significantly modifying the natural global carbon (C) cycles, and concomitan...

While this book presents the results of comprehensive and cooperative international reseirch, thi...

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Life in rural communities is bound to change with historically unprecedented speed in the coming ...