Coffee Agroecology - A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem

List of contents

1. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (or a Tale of Two Farms) 2. A Biodiverse Cup of Coffee: Coffee Agroforests as Repositories of Tropical Biodiversity 3. The Coffee Agroecosystem as a High-Quality Matrix 4. Space Matters: Large Scale Spatial Ecology within the Coffee Agroecosystem 5. Who's Eating Whom and How: Trophic and Trait-mediated Cascades in the Coffee Agroecosystem 6. Interactions across Spatial Scales 7. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 8. Coffee, the Agroecological Landscape, and Farmer’s Livelihoods 9. Syndromes of Coffee Production: Embracing Sustainability

Summary

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem.

Product details

• Authors: Ivette Perfecto, Ivette (University of Michigan Perfecto, Ivette (University of Michigan) Vanderme Perfecto, Ivette Vandermeer Perfecto, Perfecto Ivette, John Vandermeer, John (University of Michigan Vandermeer, Vandermeer John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2015
• EAN: 9780415826815
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82681-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Landscape art & architecture, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Botany & plant sciences, Agricultural science, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Development Studies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Landscape architecture and design, Botany and plant sciences, Civil engineering, surveying and building