Part 1 Agroecological design: why agroecology? 1.Agroecology and the transformation of food systems: past, present and future: Laurie E. Drinkwater, Cornell University, USA; 2.Green revolution agriculture: the treadmill of industrial agriculture: Matthew Houser, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA; 3.Indigenous knowledge, cultural landscapes and agroecological food systems: Nancy Turner, University of Victoria, Canada; 4.Agriculture and societal expectations: transforming agriculture and food systems: Jennifer Blesh, University of Michigan, USA; Part 2 Ecological knowledge and its application to agroecosystems 5.The biodiversity-ecosystem function conceptual framework: a core hypothesis of agroecology: Rob Brooker, James Hutton Institute, UK; 6.What is meant by the ecological resilience of agroecosystems?: Meagan Schipanski, Colorado State University, USA; 7.
Cross-scale effects on arthropod diversity, community composition, and ecosystem services: the intermediate diversity hypothesis in agroecology: Marcos Ezequiel Nacif, National University of Río Negro, Argentina; 8.The stress gradient hypothesis in agroecology and positive plant-plant interactions: Li Long, Chinese Agricultural University, China; 9.Ecosystem science as a basis for agroecological nutrient management: Gabriel Maltais-Landry, University of Florida, USA; 10.Rhizosphere ecology: an agroecological frontier: Bryan D. Emmett, USDA-ARS, USA; 11.The extended phenotype in agroecology: how do plants shape communities of related organisms?: Matthew G. Bakker, University of Manitoba, Canada; Part 3 Synergies and tradeoffs under agroecological management regimes 12.Crop diversity impacts on yield and yield stability: Tim Bowles, University of California-Berkeley, USA; 13.
What is the potential for managed biodiversity to reduce inputs whilst maintaining yields?: Anna Norberg, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany; 14.What is the potential for expanding the role of plant-microbial symbioses in agroecosystems?: James Bever, University of Kansas, USA; 15.Integrated crop-livestock systems: productive potential and ecosystem services: Tommy Fenster, University of California-Davis, USA; 16.The role of agroecological management systems in climate change adaptation: Sieglinde Snapp, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico; 17.Perennial grains: From moonshot to farmers'' fields: Timothy E. Crews, Aubrey Streit Krug, Evan B. Craine, Lee R. DeHaan, Tessa E.
Peters and M. Kathryn Turner, The Land Institute, USA; Alexandra Griffin, University of Minnesota, USA, Ebony G. Murrell, The Land Institute, USA; and Lennart Olsson, Lund University, Sweden; 18.Push-pull polyculture cropping systems: using functional diversity to provide ecosystem services: Daniel Mutyambai, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya; Part 4 Agroecosystems as coupled socio-ecological systems 19.Balancing top-down and bottom-up approaches to transforming food systems toward agroecology: Tiffanie Stone, Aarhus University, Denmark; 20.Collective natural resource management: David E. Ervin, Portland State University, USA; 21.Can ecological economics promote agroecological management?: Joshua Farley, University of Vermont, USA; 22.
Land Sharing versus Land Sparing: a flawed dichotomy for assessing agroecological transformation for biodiversity conservation: Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan, USA; Part 5 Agroecology and pathways to sustainable food systems 23.Participatory action research and co-creation of knowledge in agroecosystem management: Sieglinde Snapp, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico; 24.The role of farmers in promoting agroecological transitions: farmers as innovators and agents of change: Daniel Lopez-Garcia, Spanish National Research Council, Spain; 25.Agroecology and food sovereignty: Hannah Wittman, University of British Columbia, Canada; 26.Open-source technology and knowledge systems to support agroecological production: Ankita Raturi, Purdue University, USA; 27.Breeding crops for ecologically-based agriculture: Virginia Moore, Cornell University, USA;.