Essays Perspectives Network science: Applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security

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Windsor, Fredric M. ; Armenteras, Dolors ; Assis, Ana Paula A. ; Astegiano, Julia ; Santana, Pamela C. ; Cagnolo, Luciano ; Carvalheiro, Luisa G. ; Emary, Clive ; Fort, Hugo ; Gonzalez, Xavier, I ; Kitson, James J. N. ; Lacerda, Ana C. F. ; Lois, Marcelo ; Marquez-Velasquez, Viviana ; Miller, Kirsten E. ; Monasterolo, Marcos ; Omacini, Marina ; Maia, Kate P. ; Palacios, Tania Paula ; Pocock, Michael J. O. ; Poggio, Santiago L. ; Varassin, Isabela G. ; Vazquez, Diego P. ; Tavella, Julia ; Rother, Debora C. ; Devoto, Mariano ; Guimaraes Jr, Paulo R. ; Evans, Darren M.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; v. 20, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2022-04-01.

Abstract

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. (c) 2022 Associa & ccedil;& atilde;o Brasileira de Ciencia Ecol & oacute;gica e Conserva & ccedil;& atilde;o. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/21732-6 - The role of genetic constraints on the coevolutionary process
• Grantee: Kate Pereira Maia
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 18/14809-0 - Evolutionary dynamics in ecological networks
• Grantee: Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2