Phosphorus, Food, and Our Future

<br>James Elser is Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Karl Wyant and Jessica Corman are graduate students who organized the Frontiers in Life<br>Sciences: Sustainable Phosphorus Summit at Arizona State University.<br>

TABLE OF CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; JESSICA R. CORMAN, KARL A. WYANT, LISA TAYLOR, DAVID IWANIEC, REBECCA HALE ; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO P SUSTAINABILITY ; P IS FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PROCESS ; GENEVIEVE S. METSON, KARL A. WYANT, DANIEL L. CHILDERS ; CHAPTER 2: THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF PHOSPHORUS IN BIOTA, ; NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, & AGROECOSYSTEMS ; P IS FOR PHOSPHORUS ; JAMES J. ELSER, WILLIAM A. ROBERTS, PHILIP M. HAYGARTH ; CHAPTER 3: GLOBAL PHOSPHORUS: GEOLOGICAL SOURCES AND ; DEMAND-DRIVEN PRODUCTION ; P IS FOR PRICE ; DONALD BURT, MARION DUMAS, NATHANIEL SPRINGER, DAVID A. VACCARI ; CHAPTER 4: SUSTAINABLE P IN AGRICULTURE: FOOD AND FUEL ; P IS FOR PRODUCTIVITY ; VAL H. SMITH, CECIL W. FORSBERG, ROBERTO A. GAXIOLA, THOMAS W. CRAWFORD, JR., ANDREW R. SHARPLEY, LAURA SCHREEG, BEN CHAFFIN ; CHAPTER 5: PHOSPHORUS IN URBAN AND AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES ; P IS FOR PRESERVATION ; SHELBY H. RISKN, GASTON SMALL, ROBERT MIKKELSEN GENEVIEVE METSON, ANNA BATEMAN, JAMES COOPER, OLA STEDJE HANSERUD, PHILIP M. HAYGARTH, CECILIA LASPOUMADERES, MICHELLE MCCRACKIN, SONYA REMINGTON ; CHAPTER 6: PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY AND REUSE ; P IS FOR PROCESSING ; HIROKO YOSHIDA, KIMO VAN DIJK, ALEKSANDRA DRIZO, STEVEN W. VAN GINKEL, KAZUYO MATSUBAE, MARK BUEHRER ; CHAPTER 7: CULTURAL BELIEFS, VALUES, AND THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF P ; P IS FOR PEOPLE ; TIMOTHY CREWS, JAMES COTNER, CAROL MCCREARY ; CHAPTER 8: HOW MFA, TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS THINKING, AND EDUCATION REFORM ARE KEYS TO BETTER MANAGING P ; P IS FOR PARITY ; REBECCA CORS, KAZUYO MATSUBAE, ANITA STREET ; CHAPTER 9: FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF ; GLOBAL PHOSPHORUS RESOURCES ; P IS FOR PREFERRED (P)FUTURES ; DANIEL L. CHILDERS, ZACHARY CAPLE, CYNTHIA CARLIELLE-MARQUET, DANA CORDELL, VANDA GERHART, DAVID IWANIEC, STUART WHITE ; CHAPTER 10: CONCLUDING REMARKS: SYNTHESIS AND INITIAL STEPS TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE PHOSPHORUS FUTURE ; P IS FOR PLANNING ; JESSICA E. CORMAN, KARL A. WYANT, JIM J. ELSER