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Informationen zum Autor Anil Shrestha, University of California, Parlier, USA. David Clements Klappentext New Dimensions in Agroecology explores the latest developments in the emerging science of agroecology! focusing on how these new concepts and cutting-edge tools will help meet the challenge of agricultural sustainability. This book expands your scope of thinking by providing current innovative agroecological research and education on such components as soil science! pest control! and cropping systems. Emerging issues! such as biotechnology and climate change! are also highlighted in this book. Prominent specialists from around the world offer a diversity of stimulating perspectives and topics that will benefit agricultural researchers! extension personnel! and upper-level students in agroecology! ecology! and agronomy programs. Zusammenfassung Explores the developments in the science of agroecology, focusing on how these concepts and tools will help meet the challenge of agricultural sustainability. This book provides agroecological research and education on such components as soil science, pest control, and cropping systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
