Screen LibraryAgroecology : the ecology of sustainable food systems /
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CRC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-364) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781439895610 (alkaline paper) : 1439895619 (alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | S589 |
| CLC: | S181 |
| Call Number: | S181/G559/3rd ed. |
| Contents: | Sec. I. Introduction to agroecology -- Case for fundamental change in agriculture -- Agroecology and the agroecosystem concept -- Sec. II. Plants and abiotic factors of the environment -- The plant -- Light -- Temperature -- Humidity and rainfall -- Wind -- Soil -- Water in the soil -- Fire -- Sec. III. A more complete autecological perspective -- Biotic factors -- The environmental complex -- Heterotrophic organisms -- Sec. IV. System-level interactions -- Population ecology of agroecosystems -- Genetic resources in agroecosystems -- Species interactions in crop communities -- Agroecosystem diversity -- Disturbance, succession, and agroecosystem management -- Animals in agroecosystems -- Landscape diversity -- Sec. V. The transition to sustainability -- Converting to ecologically based management -- Indicators of sustainability -- Sec. VI. Bringing about a sustainable world food system -- Agriculture, society, and agroecology -- Community and culture in the remaking of the food system -- From sustainable agroecosystems to a sustainable food system. |