01859naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200460006002400360010610000160014224501500015826000090030850002190031752008220053665300360135865300200139465300210141465300220143565300190145770000150147677301380149110635342023-04-27       2023    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a2190-6483 (print); 2190-6491 (electronic)7 a10.1007/s13412-022-00791-92DOI1 aPARUELO, J.  aSustainable intensification and ecosystem servicesbhow to connect them in agricultural systems of southern South America.h[electronic resource]  c2023  aArticle history: Accepted 01 August 2022; Published 18 August 2022. Corresponding author: José M. Paruelo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, INIA, Colonia, Uruguay, e-mail: jparuelo@inia.org.uy --  aABSTRACT.- Sustainable intensification (SI) has become a central issue in both academic and political-institutional debates. Questions mostly center on the term's conceptual scope. In this article, we outline an operational definition of SI based on (1) a more explicit characterization of the intensification process that describes the intensity/magnitude of the management interventions generating stress or disturbances in the system, (2) a description of the relative change in sustainability based on quantifying ecosystem services supply changes among alternative uses, and 3) the definition of "impact functions" of a given management intervention as the relationships between the level of supply of given ES (or a "bundle" of ES) and an indicator of the intensification process. © 2022 Springer Nature, AESS.  aAgro-ecological intensification  aDecision making  aLand use changes  aLand use planning  aSustainability1 aSIERRA, M.  tJournal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2023, volume 13, issue 1, pp. 198-206. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-022-00791-9