Agroecology

1. Front Matter

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2. Basic Ecological Concepts in Agroecosystems

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Agroecology: Researching the Ecological Basis for Sustainable Agriculture

      • Stephen R. Gliessman

      Pages 3-10

   3. Two Examples of Natural Enemy Augmentation: A Consequence of Crop Diversification

      • Deborah K. Letourneau

      Pages 11-29

   4. An Evaluation of Ants as Possible Candidates for Biological Control in Tropical Annual Agroecosystems

      • C. Ronald Carroll, Stephen Risch

      Pages 30-46

   5. Cropping Systems, Insect Movement, and the Spread of Insect-Transmitted Diseases in Crops

      • Alison G. Power

      Pages 47-69

   6. Diversification of Agroecosystems for Insect Pest Regulation: Experiments with Collards

      • Miguel A. Altieri, David L. Glaser, Linda L. Schmidt

      Pages 70-82

   7. Reduction of Damping-Off Disease in Soils from Indigenous Mexican Agroecosystem

      • R. D. Lumsden, R. García-E, J. A. Lewis, G. A. Frías-T

      Pages 83-103

   8. The Role of Allelopathy in Agroecosystems: Studies from Tropical Taiwan

      • Chang-Hung Chou

      Pages 104-121

   9. Nutrient Mobility in a Shifting Cultivation System, Belize, Central America

      • J. D. H. Lambert, D. Brubacher, J. T. Arnason

      Pages 122-129

   10. Low-Input Ideotypes

       • M. J. J. Janssens, I. F. Neumann, L. Froidevaux

       Pages 130-145

   11. An Ecological Approach to Reducing External Inputs Through the Use of Intercropping

       • M. F. Amador, Stephen R. Gliessman

       Pages 146-159

   12. Integrating Trees into Agriculture: The Home Garden Agroecosystem as an Example of Agroforestry in the Tropics

       • Stephen R. Gliessman

       Pages 160-168

   13. The Influence of Trees in Selected Agroecosystems in Mexico

       • John Farrell

       Pages 169-183

   14. Tree Improvement from the Ground Up: The Potential for a Select Microbial Inocula in Forestry

       • Tim Wood, Wm. Hugh Bollinger

       Pages 184-204

   15. Variability, Stability, and Risk in Intercropping: Some Theoretical Explorations

       • John Vandermeer, Brian Schultz

       Pages 205-229

3. Agroecosystem Design and Management

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Reducing the Risk: Some Indications Regarding Pre-Hispanic Wetland Agricultural Intensification from Contemporary Use of a Wetland/Terra Firma Boundary Zone in Central Veracruz

      • Alfred H. Siemens

      Pages 233-250

   3. Agricultural Systems of the Northeastern Hill Region of India

      • P. S. Ramakrishnan

      Pages 251-274

   4. The Impact of Agrohydrological Management on Water, Nutrients, and Fertilizers in the Environment of the Netherlands

      • J. G. de Molenaar

      Pages 275-304

***e FACHGEBIET*** Agriculture, Agronomy, Forestry, Horticulture, Soil Science, Environmental Science (esp. Plant Ecology), Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Sociology, and Anthropology ***INTERESSENTENGRUPPE*** Of interest to researchers, students, and professionals in the above fields.- Level: Technical Book, Monograph ***URHEBER*** S.R. Gliessman, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (Ed.) ***TITEL*** Agroecology ***UNTERTITEL*** Researching the Ecological Basis for Sustainable Agriculture ***BIBLIOGRAPHISCHE-ANGABEN*** 1990. XIV, 380 pp. 87 figs. (Ecological Studies. Eds.: W.D. Billings, F. Golley, O.L. Lange, J.S. Olson, H. Remmert. Vol. 78) Hardcover DM 198,- ISBN 3-540-97028-2 ***CONTENTS*** Contents: Part I: Basic Ecological Concepts in Agroecosystems.- Part II: Agroecosystem Design and Management.- Index. ***LANGTEXT*** This book provides an introduction to research approaches in the emerging interdisciplinary field of agroecology. It demonstrates in a series of international case studies how to combine the more production-oriented focus of the agronomist with the more systems-oriented viewpoint of the ecologist. Different methodologies for quantifying and evaluating agroecosystem sustainability are presented and analyzed. Leading researchers in the field provide examples of the diversity and complexity of agroecological research, ranging from archeology to insect ecology, and examine design and management of agroecosystems that span from the humid tropics to temperate regions. This timely overview will be of great value to ecologists, agronomists, geographers, foresters, anthropologists, and others involved in developing a sustainable basis for land use, management, and conservation worldwide. ***RS-ENDE*** RS 11/89 PREX ***RS-NOTIZEN*** NY/Dr. Czeschlik

• Agroecology
• Allelopathy
• agroecosystems
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• forest
• sustainability
• wetland

• Agroecology Program University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA

  Stephen R. Gliessman

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