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Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems

By: Gliessman, Stephen R Contributor(s): Engles, Eric W Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2015Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 371pISBN: 9781439895610Subject(s): Agricultural Ecology | Agricultural SystemsDDC classification: 631.5

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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

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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

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