• Ecosystem services research in Latin America: The state of the art 

      Balvanera, Patricia; Uriarte, María; Almeida Leñero, Lucía; Altesor, Alice; DeClerck, Fabrice; Gardner, Toby; Hall, Jefferson (2012-12)
      Ecosystem services science has developed at a fast rate in Latin America, a region characterized by a high biological and cultural diversity, strong emphasis in foreign investment, and high socioeconomic inequities. Here ...
    • A regional PECS node built from place-based social-ecological sustainability research in Latin America and the Caribbean 

      Calderón-Contreras, Rafael; Balvanera, Patricia; Trimble, Micaela; Langle-Flores, Alfonso; Jobbágy, Esteban; Maass Moreno, Manuel; Marcone, Jorge; Mazzeo, Néstor; Muñoz Anaya, Minerva M.; Perevochtchikova, Maria; Beth Clark, Laurie; Equihua, Miguel; Ayala-Orozco, Barbara; Bueno, Isabel; Hensler, Loni; Leyva Aguilera, Juana Claudia; Martínez Ramos, Miguel; Merçon, Juliana; Mesa Jurado, M. Azahara; Österblom, Henrik; Pacheco Vega, Raul; Pérez Alcántara, Bonifacio; Pérez Maqueo, Octavio; Porter Bolland, Luciana; Quijas, Sandra; Quiroz Rosas, Laura Elisa; Rios Patron, Eduardo; Rocha Gordo, Juan C.; Rojo Negrete, Iskra Alejandra; Romero Duque, Luz Piedad; Rosell, Julieta A.; Scheffer, Marten; Vázquez, Luis Bernardo; Villada Canela, Mariana; Velázquez, Mónica; Ortiz Rodríguez, Iván A.; Avila Foucat, Sophie; Bonilla Moheno, Martha; Avila Foucat, Sophie (2022)
      Sustainability requires a combination of meaningful co-production of locally relevant solutions, synthesis of insights gained across regions, and increased cooperation between science, policy and practice. The Programme ...
    • Resilience of Soil Properties to Land-Use Change in a Tropical Dry Forest Ecosystem 

      Ayala Orozco, Bárbara; Gavito, Mayra E.; Mora, Francisco; Siddique, Ilyas; Balvanera, Patricia; Jaramillo, Víctor J.; Cotler, Helena; Romero Duque, Luz P.; Martínez Meyer, Enrique (2018)
      Land-use change in tropical dry forests can dramatically alter soil properties, but little is known about their resilience. We assessed soil resilience by examining resistance to, as well as recovery from, pasture use by ...
    • Trade-offs between ecosystem services and alternative pathways toward sustainability in a tropical dry forest region 

      Mora, Francisco; Balvanera, Patricia; García Frapolli, Eduardo; Castillo, Alicia; Trilleras, Jenny M.; Cohen Salgado, Daniel; Salmerón, Oscar (2016)
      The design of strategies aimed at sustainable resource management requires an understanding of the trade-offs between the ecosystem services at stake, to determine appropriate ways in which to navigate them. We assess ...