New Dimensions in Agroecology

ISBN: 9781560221135 出版年：2004 页码：566 Shrestha, Anil Clements, David CRC Press

* Preface * New Dimensions in Agroecology for Developing a Biological Approach to Crop Production (David R. Clements and Anil Shrestha) * Education in Agroecology and Integrated Systems (Charles A. Francis) * Redesigning Industrial Agroecosystems: Incorporating More Ecological Processes and Reducing Pollution (Eugene P. Odum and Gary W. Barrett) * Integrating Agroecological Processes into Cropping Systems Research (Stephen R. Gliessman) * An Agroecological Basis for Designing Diversified Cropping Systems in the Tropics (Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls) * Soil Ecosystem Changes During the Transition to No-Till Cropping (Tami L. Stubbs, Ann C. Kennedy, and William F. Schillinger) * The Ecology of Crop-Weed Interactions: Towards a More Complete Model of Weed Communities in Agroecosystems (Bruce D. Maxwell and Edward Luschei) * Research and Extension Supporting Ecologically Based IPM Systems (Fabian D. Menalled, Douglas A. Landis, and Larry E. Dyer) * Effects of Key Soil Organisms on Nutrient Dynamics in Temperate Agroecosystems (Joann K. Whalen and Chantal Hamel) * Nutrient Dynamics: Utilizing Biotic-Abiotic Interactions for Improved Management of Agricultural Soils (Chantal Hamel, Christine Landry, Abdirashid Elmi, Aiguo Liu, and Timothy Spedding) * Microbial and Genetic Diversity in Soil Environments (Ping Wang and Warren A. Dick) * Impact of Global Change on Biological Processes in Soil: Implications for Agroecosystem Management (Shuijin Hu and Weijian Zhang) * The Importance of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems (Lori Ann Thrupp) * Biophysical and Ecological Interactions in a Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping System (N. V. Thevathasan, A. M. Gordon, J. A. Simpson, P. E. Reynolds, G. Price, and P. Zhang) * Agricultural Landscapes: Field Margin Habitats and Their Interaction with Crop Production (E. J. P. Marshall) * Benefits of Re-Integrating Livestock and Forages in Crop Production Systems (E. Ann Clark) * Nitrogen Efficiency in Mixed Farming Systems (Egbert A. Lantinga, Gerard J. M. Oomen, and Johannes B. Schiere) * Ecological Context for Examining the Effects of Transgenic Crops in Production Systems (Jennifer A. White, Jason P. Harmon, and D. A. Andow) * Redesigning Pest Management: A Social Ecology Approach (Stuart B. Hill) * Research Priorities in Natural Systems Agriculture (T. S. Cox, C. Picone, and W. Jackson) * Index * Reference Notes Included