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" Agroecology : "
Stephen R. Gliessman (Professor Emeritus of Agroecology, University of California, Santa Cruz) with Eric W. Engles (PhD) ; technical editing by Eric W. Engles.
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665405
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Gliessman, Stephen R.
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Agroecology : : the ecology of sustainable food systems /\ Stephen R. Gliessman (Professor Emeritus of Agroecology, University of California, Santa Cruz) with Eric W. Engles (PhD) ; technical editing by Eric W. Engles.
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Third edition.
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Boca Raton :: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,, [2014]
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xvii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations (some color) ;; 28 cm
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9781439895610
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: 1439895619
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Sec. I. Introduction to agroecology -- Case for fundamental change in agriculture -- Agroecology and the agroecosystem concept -- Sec. II. Plants and abiotic factors of the environment -- The plant -- Light -- Temperature -- Humidity and rainfall -- Wind -- Soil -- Water in the soil -- Fire -- Sec. III. A more complete autecological perspective -- Biotic factors -- The environmental complex -- Heterotrophic organisms -- Sec. IV. System-level interactions -- Population ecology of agroecosystems -- Genetic resources in agroecosystems -- Species interactions in crop communities -- Agroecosystem diversity -- Disturbance, succession, and agroecosystem management -- Animals in agroecosystems -- Energetics of agroecosystems -- Landscape diversity -- Sec. V. The transition to sustainability -- Converting to ecologically based management -- Indicators of sustainability -- Sec. VI. Bringing about a sustainable world food system -- Agriculture, society, and agroecology -- Community and culture in the remaking of the food system -- From sustainable agroecosystems to a sustainable food system.
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Resource added for the Sustainable Food & Agriculture Systems program 100903.
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Agricultural ecology.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Agricultural systems.
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Engles, Eric
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Ecology of sustainable food systems
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