Sprawl and the Resilience of Humans and Nature: an Introduction to the Special Feature

Authors

Craig R. Allen, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

June 2006

Comments

Published by Ecology and Society 11(1): 36.

Abstract

Human-driven change in land use and land cover is an accelerating global phenomenon with far-reaching implications for food production, forest and water resources, the climate, and biogeochemical cycles (Foley et al. 2005). It affects the amount and configuration of habitat available for animals ranging from soil nematodes to elephants. It affects the provision of ecological goods and services for human beings. It affects the processes and function of ecosystems.