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| Author | : John Vandermeer |
| Publisher | : Jones & Bartlett Learning |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0763771538 |
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Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. The Ecology of Agroecosystems highlights a collection of alternative agricultural methodologies and philosophies and provides an interdisciplinary approach that bridges the sociopolitical and historical context of agriculture. It includes the technical issues in a serious and ecological fashion and captures the complex merging of ecology, agriculture, politics and economics in both a historical and contemporary context. Readers will learn not only about the ethical and moral elements related to producing food of questionable quality while possibly impairing the environment, but also about the soil chemistry involved.
| Author | : Patrick J. Bohlen |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2009-03-24 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1040070035 |
Download Sustainable Agroecosystem Management Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society examines the challenges for developing integrated approaches to the management of agricultural ecosystems. Providing historical background of attempts to bridge the ecological and agricultural sciences, this book highlights recent efforts to integrate natural and social science perspectives. Through various case studies with global applications, the text explores practical innovative strategies, policies, and research needs for emphasizing whole system productivity, diversification of agricultural operations, and management of agricultural systems that sustain multiple functions including ecological integrity.
| Author | : Lech Ryszkowski |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2001-12-27 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1000611760 |
Download Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Successful management of agricultural landscapes depends on the recognition of the relationships between the processes and the structures that maintain the system. The rapidly growing science of Landscape Ecology quantifies the ways these ecosystems interact and establishes a link between the activities in one region and repercussions in another. A
| Author | : Gilles Lemaire |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 2018-10-08 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0128110511 |
Download Agroecosystem Diversity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Agro-Ecosystem Diversity: Impact on Food Security and Environmental Quality presents cutting-edge exploration of developing novel farming systems and introduces landscape ecology to agronomy. It encompasses the broad range of links between agricultural development and ecological impact and how to limit the potential negative results. Presented in seven sections, each focusing on a specific challenge to sustaining diversity, the book provides insights toward the argument that by re-introducing diversity, it should be possible to maintain a high level of productivity of agro-ecosystems while also maintaining and/or restoring a satisfactory level of environment quality and biodiversity. Demonstrates that diversified agro-ecosystems can be intensified with environmental quality preserved, restored and enhanced Includes analysis of economic constraints leading to specialization of farms and regions and the social locking forces resisting to diversification of agro-ecosystems Presents a global vision of world agriculture and the tradeoff between a necessary increase in food production and restoring environment quality
| Author | : Tanya E. Cheeke |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2012-07-17 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1439852979 |
Download Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
While soil ecologists continue to be on the forefront of research on biodiversity and ecosystem function, there are few interdisciplinary studies that incorporate ecological knowledge into sustainable land management practices. Conventional, high fossil-fuel input-based agricultural systems can reduce soil biodiversity, alter soil community structu
| Author | : Wanda W. Collins |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 1998-08-14 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9781420049244 |
Download Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
between the diversity of plant and animal species and host/dependent agricultural systems. Biodiversity in Agroecosystems shows how biodiversity can be thought of not only as the rich make-up of a great number of related and competing species within an ecologically defined community, but also as the robust behavior and resilience of those species over time and as the endurance of their eco-community. This book brings to the fore new research on biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems at both micro and macro levels, heretofore available only in journals and proceedings papers.
| Author | : John H. Vandermeer |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2002-12-03 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1420039881 |
Download Tropical Agroecosystems Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Tropical areas present ecological, cultural and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. The tropical environment is special in many ways, from the lack of a biological down season (winter), to generally poor soil conditions, to a reliance on traditional methods of agriculture in an undeveloped soci
| Author | : Stephen R. Gliessman |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2014-12-09 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1498728464 |
Download Agroecology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Agroecology is a science, a productive practice, and part of a social movement that is at the forefront of transforming food systems to sustainability. Building upon the ecological foundation of the agroecosystem, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition provides the essential foundation for understanding sustainability i
| Author | : John Vandermeer |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 387 |
| Release | : 2017-10-24 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1315313677 |
Download Ecological Complexity and Agroecology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This text reflects the immense current growth in interest in agroecology and changing approaches to it. While it is acknowledged that the science of ecology should be the basis of agroecological planning, many analysts have out-of-date ideas about contemporary ecology. Ecology has come a long way since the old days of "the balance of nature" and other romantic notions of how ecological systems function. In this context, the new science of complexity has become extremely important in the modern science of ecology. The problem is that it tends to be too mathematical and technical and thus off-putting for the average student of agroecology, especially those new to the subject. Therefore this book seeks to present ideas about ecological complexity with a minimum of formal mathematics. The book’s organization consists of an introductory chapter, and a second chapter providing some of the background to basic ecological topics as they are relevant to agroecosystrems (e.g., soil biology and pest control). The core of the book consists of seven chapters on key intersecting themes of ecological complexity, including issues such as spatial patterns, network theory and tipping points, illustrated by examples from agroecology and agricultural systems from around the world.
| Author | : Paul Wojtkowski |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2010-07-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080557821 |
Download Agroecological Economics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems. Agroecological economics, a subsection of agricultural economics, evaluates the ecological consequences of agricultural methods on the economic scale. Agroecological economics considers green engineering as a means of measurement. As the environmental movement unfolds, the importance of biodiversity and long-term sustainability are indisputable. Progress depends on determining the economic viability of terrestrial agroecosystems. What is lacking is the analysis needed to bring biodiverse and sustainable systems to fruition. Agroecological Economics analyzes the current topics that must be addressed in order to provide sustainable agricultural systems. It explains the economics of land-use ecology with emphasis on changing over from a conventional model of agriculture to environmentally- and ecologically-friendly models and the financial incentives that are important to these practices. Analyzes agricultural solutions with economic testing Includes a complete analysis of recent biodiversity-based research with valuable new economic methodologies Provides various applications to mitigate the problems which have economic and ecological effects on agroecosystems Offers applications of ecologically-sound land-use practices in production and manufacturing
