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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 3Main Title | Agroecology : the ecology of sustainable food systems / | |||||||||||
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Author | Gliessman, Stephen R., | |||||||||||
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Publisher | CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2014 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 744303838 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781439895610; 1439895619 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Agricultural ecology ; Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural systems | |||||||||||
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Edition | Third edition. | |||||||||||
Collation | xvii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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 -- Energetics of 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. |