An International Journal for Scientific Research on the Interaction Between Agroecosystems and the Environment 

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment publishes scientific articles dealing with the interface between agroecosystems and the natural environment, specifically how agriculture influences the environment and how changes in that environment impact agroecosystems. Preference is given to papers from experimental and observational research at the field, system or landscape level, from studies that enhance our understanding of processes using data-based biophysical modelling, and papers that bridge scientific disciplines and integrate knowledge. All papers should be placed in an international or wide comparative context. 

The focus is on the following areas:
• Biological and physical characteristics and dynamics of agroecosystems.
• Ecology, diversity and sustainability of agricultural systems.
• Relationships between agroecosystems and the natural environment, including land, air, and water.
• Agroecosystem and global environmental changes including climate change, greenhouse gases and air pollution.
• Ecological consequences of intensification, soil degradation, waste application, irrigation, and mitigation options. 
• Environmental implications of agricultural land use and land use change.

All manuscripts are initially screened on their topic suitability and linguistic quality. The following topics are discouraged unless they provide new information regarding processes operating at the agroecosystem-environment interface: inventory and survey analysis and impact assessment, including life cycle and emergy analysis; greenhouse or laboratory-based studies; development of models or methodologies and pure model application; studies that are purely agronomic, socio-economic, or political.

Original papers
Reviews
A Short Communication
Comments
Opinion Paper

Editors-in-Chief
Y. Li
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, and Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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T.A. Veldkamp
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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Editors
P. Audet
EDI Environmental Dynamics Inc, Calgary, Canada
S. Bajocco
Council for Research in Agriculture and Agricultural Economy Analysis, Roma, Italy
X. Chen
Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, China
L. Drinkwater
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
S. Petit
National Research Institute for Agriculture Food and Environment Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Center, Dijon, France
S.L. Poggio
IFEVA, University of Buenos Aires, CONICET, School of Agriculture, Buenos Aires, Argentina
S. Saggar
Landcare Research New Zealand Palmerston North, Palmerston North, New Zealand
B. Vanlauwe
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
Editorial Advisory Board
D. Abalos
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
J. Alvaro-Fuentes
Spanish Scientific Research Council, Madrid, Spain
T.J.C. Amado
Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
N. Batjes
ISRIC World Soil Information, Wageningen, Netherlands
R. Bhattacharyya
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
K. Birkhofer
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
I. Cardoso
Federal University of Vicosa, VICOSA, Brazil
C. Carranca
National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, Oeiras, Portugal
X. Chen
Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences, Hangzhou, China
F. Conen
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
C. Drury
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
L.G. Firbank
Rothamsted at North Wyke, Okehampton, United Kingdom
M. Frei
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
D. Giltrap, PhD
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Palmerston North, New Zealand
S. Hauser
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ltd UK, Croydon, United Kingdom
J. Helenius
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
G. Hernandez-Ramirez
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Y. Huang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
M.J. Jones
Dorset Pest Control, Dorchester, United Kingdom
P.J. Kim
Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, Republic of
M.B. Kirkham
Kansas State University Department of Agronomy, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
J. Leifeld
Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland
F-M. Li
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
B. Loubet
Arable Crops Versailles-Grignon Center, Versailles, France
J. Luo
AgResearch Ltd, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
N.Z. Lupwayi
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
E.J.P. Marshall
Marshall Agroecology Ltd, Winscombe, United Kingdom
W.J. McConnell
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
G. Moreno Marcos
Extremadura University Department of Plant Biology Ecology and Earth Sciences, Plasencia, Spain
K. Mueller
New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, New Zealand
J. Nyamangara
Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
O. Oenema
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
D.M. Olszyk
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory - Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
A. Ouin
National Institute of Agronomy Toulouse Department of Agriculture and Environment, Castanet Tolosan, France
S. Petit
National Research Institute for Agriculture Food and Environment Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Center, Dijon, France
A. de Rouw
Sorbonne University Pierre and Marie Curie Campus, Paris, France
R. Scalenghe
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
C. Scheer
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J. Schrautzer
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
M. Shiyomi
Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan
M. Sperow
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
P. Thorburn
CSIRO Bioinformatics Group, St Lucia, Australia
K. Topp
Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
F. Van der Pol
Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
E.F. Viglizzo
National Institute of Agricultural Technology - Regional Centre La Pampa San Luis, Santa Rosa, Argentina
C. Wellstein
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
B.A. Woodcock
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, England, United Kingdom
H. Xiubin
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, China
H. Yao
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China