num_pages: 384
description: ***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 greatvalue 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
language: English
title: Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture
publisher: CRC Press