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Exploring and Optimizing Agricultural Landscapes

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Editors:
  1. Lothar Mueller

    1. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

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  2. Viktor G. Sychev

    1. Pryanishnikov - Institute for Agrochemistry, Moscow, Russia

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  3. Nikolai M. Dronin

    1. Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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  4. Frank Eulenstein

    1. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

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  • Provides an overview about status and trends of agriculture and rural regions as well as topics and methods of agricultural landscape research in Europe
  • Demonstrates approaches for enhancing ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes
  • Reports on agricultural experiments in different climate zones and on agri-environmental monitoring, including data on agricultural research in Russia previously unpublished in English

Part of the book series: Innovations in Landscape Research (ILR)

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Functions of Agricultural Landscapes and Key Research Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Agricultural Landscapes: History, Status and Challenges

      • Lothar Mueller, Frank Eulenstein, Nikolai M. Dronin, Wilfried Mirschel, Blair M. McKenzie, Marc Antrop et al.
      Pages 3-54

    3. Exploring Agricultural Landscapes: Recent Progress and Opportunities for Eurasia

      • Lothar Mueller, Frank Eulenstein, Uwe Schindler, Wilfried Mirschel, Undine Behrendt, Viktor G. Sychev et al.
      Pages 55-90

    4. Optimizing Agricultural Landscapes: Measures Towards Prosperity and Sustainability

      • Lothar Mueller, Frank Eulenstein, Wilfried Mirschel, Uwe Schindler, Viktor G. Sychev, Olga V. Rukhovich et al.
      Pages 91-130

    5. The Russian Food Security Doctrine: Historical Roots and Major Limitations

      • Nikolai M. Dronin, Stephan Sveshnikov
      Pages 131-159

    6. The Work of V.V. Dokuchaev in the Chernozem Zone of Russia: A Contribution to Productive and Sustainable Agrolandscapes, and a Basis for Recent Research

      • Ilya A. Trofimov, Lyudmila S. Trofimova, Elena P. Yakovleva
      Pages 161-179

    7. Renewable Resources from Agriculture and Forestry—State of Use and Innovative Concepts in Germany

      • Andreas Schütte, Frank Eulenstein, Christine von Buttlar, Nicole Paul, Udo Mantau, Julian Ahlborn et al.
      Pages 181-194

    8. Promising Agricultural Management Practices and Soil Threats in Europe and China

      • Lúcia Barão, Abdallah Alaoui, Carla Ferreira, Gottlieb Basch, Gudrun Schwilch, Violette Geissen et al.
      Pages 195-213

    9. Long-Term Field Experiments (LTEs)—Importance, Overview, Soil Organic Matter

      • Martin Körschens
      Pages 215-231

    10. Can Long-Term Experiments Help Us Understand, and Manage, the Wider Landscape—Examples from Rothamsted, England

      • Paul R. Poulton, A. Edward Johnston
      Pages 233-252

  3. Agricultural Land and Its Productivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Analysis of Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes in a Livestock Landscape Dominated by Silvopastoral Systems

      • Aura Cárdenas, Harald Schernthanner, Ana Moliner, Chiquinquirá Hontoria
      Pages 255-265

    3. Analysing Structure Change of Arable Landscape Systems in China: A Methodical Approach and Its Application

      • Penghui Jiang, Manchun Li
      Pages 267-283

    4. Evaluation of Framework Conditions and Soil Potentials for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture

      • Jasmin Schiefer, Georg J. Lair, Lothar Mueller, Winfried E. H. Blum
      Pages 285-301

    5. Geospatial Analysis Approaches for Assessing Biomass Potentials from Agricultural Landscapes

      • Nicolae Scarlat, Fernando Fahl
      Pages 303-328

    6. Land Suitability Evaluation for Organic Agriculture: A Case Study in the US

      • Ali Shirzadi Babakan, Firoozeh Karimi, Selima Sultana
      Pages 329-347

    7. Environmental Landscape Conditions of the Russian Northwest, the Fertility of Sod-Podzolic Soils and the Efficiency of Precise Fertilizer Systems

      • Aleksey I. Ivanov, Zhanna A. Ivanova, Aleksandr A. Konashenkov
      Pages 349-372

    8. Methods of Assessing Vegetation Dynamics and Pasture Potentials in Arid Mountain Regions

      • Kim André Vanselow, Harald Zandler, Cyrus Samimi
      Pages 373-382

    9. Influence of Soil and Terrain Conditions on the Productivity of Crop Rotation and Efficiency of Fertilizers: Studies in a Glacial Landscape in Central Russia

      • Sergey M. Lukin
      Pages 383-395
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About this book

The book informs about agricultural landscapes, their features, functions and regulatory mechanisms. It characterizes agricultural production systems, trends of their development, and their impacts on the landscape. Agricultural landscapes are multifunctional systems, coupled with all nexus problems of the 21th century. This has led to serious discrepancies between agriculture and environment, and between urban and rural population. The mission, key topics and methods of research in order to understanding, monitoring and controlling processes in rural landscapes is being explained. Studies of international expert teams, many of them from Russia, demonstrate approaches towards both improving agricultural productivity and sustainability, and enhancing ecosystem services of agricultural landscapes. Scientists of different disciplines, decision makers, farmers and further informed people dealing with the evolvement of thriving rural landscapes are the primary audience of this book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

    Lothar Mueller, Frank Eulenstein

  • Pryanishnikov - Institute for Agrochemistry, Moscow, Russia

    Viktor G. Sychev

  • Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Nikolai M. Dronin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploring and Optimizing Agricultural Landscapes

  • Editors: Lothar Mueller, Viktor G. Sychev, Nikolai M. Dronin, Frank Eulenstein

  • Series Title: Innovations in Landscape Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67448-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67447-2Published: 15 June 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67450-2Published: 16 June 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67448-9Published: 14 June 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2524-5155

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-5163

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 734

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 294 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Landscape Ecology, Agriculture, Environmental Geography

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