The farm as natural habitat
Subtitle: reconnecting food systems with ecosystems
By: edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson
Contributors: Jackson, Dana L; Jackson, Laura L
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Agricultural ecology; Agrobiodiversity; Agrobiodiversity conservation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Nina Leopold Bradley; title: Introduction / Laura L. Jackson and Dana L. Jackson; title: pt. 1. Agriculture as ecological sacrifice. The farm as natural habitat / Dana L. Jackson. Nature's backlash / Brian A. DeVore. The farm, the nature preserve, and the conservation biologist / Laura L. Jackson; title: pt. 2. Restoring nature on farms. Return to Coon Valley / Arthur S. (Tex) Hawkins. Reading the land together / Wellington (Buddy) Huffaker. When farmers shut off the machinery / Brian A. DeVore. Stewards of the wild / Brian A. DeVore. Why do they do it? / Brian A. DeVore; title: pt. 3. Ecosystem management and farmlands. Nature and farming in Britain / Heather J. Robertson and Richard G. Jefferson. Restoring prairie processes to farmlands / Laura L. Jackson. Sustaining production with biodiversity / Nicholas R. Jordan. Conservation and agriculture as neighbors / Judith D. Soule. Integrating wetland habitat with agriculture / Carol Shennan and Collin A. Bode; title: pt. 4. Steps toward agroecological restoration. Composing a landscape / Rhonda R. Janke. After the deluge: integrated watershed management in the Red River Valley / Cheryl Miller. A refined taste in natural objects / Beth E. Waterhouse. Food and biodiversity / Dana L. Jackson. Agriculture as a public good / George M. Boody