Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

Forest Isbell* , Paul R. Adler, Nico Eisenhauer, Dario Fornara, Kaitlin Kimmel, Claire Kremen, Deborah K. Letourneau, Matt Liebman, H. Wayne Polley, Sandra Quijas and Michael Scherer-Lorenzen Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA; USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA 16802, USA; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) HalleJena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK; Environmental Sciences Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA; Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, Soil & Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX 76502, USA; Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 48280, Mexico; and Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestr, 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany