Agroecosystem sustainability : developing practical strategies /
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| Author / Creator: | Gliessman, Stephen R. |
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| Imprint: | Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2001. |
| Description: | 210 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in agroecology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4427963 |
Table of Contents:
- Section I. Increasing Sustainability
- Chapter 1. The Ecological Foundations of Agroecosystem Sustainability
- Chapter 2. Increasing Sustainability in Mediterranean Cropping Systems with Self-Reseeding Annual Legumes
- Chapter 3. Manipulating Plant Biodiversity to Enhance Biological Control of Insect Pests: A Case Study of a Northern California Organic Vineyard
- Chapter 4. An Assessment of Tropical Homegardens as Examples of Sustainable Local Agroforestry Systems
- Chapter 5. Improving Agroecosystem Sustainability Using Organic (Plant-Based) Mulch
- Section II. Assessing Sustainability
- Chapter 6. Nitrogen and the Sustainable Village
- Chapter 7. Nematode Communities as Ecological Indicators of Agroecosystem Health
- Chapter 8. Field-Scale Nutrient Cycling and Sustainability: Comparing Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems
- Section III. Combining Social and Ecological Indicators of Sustainability
- Chapter 9. Assessing Agricultural Sustainability Using the Six-Pillar Model: Iran as a Case Study
- Chapter 10. Coevolutionary Agroecology: A Policy Oriented Analysis of Socioenvironmental Dynamics, with Special Reference to Forest Margins in North Lampung, Indonesia
- Chapter 11. Operationalizing the Concept of Sustainability in Agriculture: Characterizing Agroecosystems on a Multi-Criteria, Multiple Scale Performance Space
- Index
