1st Edition
Agroecosystem Sustainability Developing Practical Strategies
Edited By Stephen R. Gliessman
Copyright 2001
224 Pages
by
CRC Press
224 Pages
50 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
224 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Agroecologists from around the world share their experiences in the analysis and development of indicators of agricultural sustainability in Agroecosystem Sustainability: Developing Practical Strategies. The authors build on the resource-conserving aspects of traditional, local, and small-scale agriculture while at the same time drawing on modern ecological knowledge and methods. They define the... Read more
INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY. Ecological Foundations for Sustainability. Strategies for Increasing Sustainability in Mediterranean Cropping Systems with Self-Reseeding Annual Legumes. Manipulating Plant Biodiversity to Enhance Biological Control of Insect Pests: A Case Study of a Northern California Organic Vineyard. An Assessment of Tropical Homegardens as Examples of Sustainable Local Agroforestry Systems. Improving Agroecosystem Sustainability Using Organic (Plant-Based) Mulch. ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY. Nitrogen and the Sustainable Village. Nematode Communities as Ecological Indicators of Agricultural Ecosystems. COMBINING SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABILITY. Assessing Agricultural Sustainability Using the Six-Pillar Model: Iran as a Case Study. Coevolutionary Agroecology: A Policy- Oriented Analysis of Socioenvironmental Dynamics, with Special Reference to Forest Margins in North Lampung, Indonesia. Operationalizing the Concept of Sustainability in Agriculture: Characterizing Agroecosystems on a Multi-Criteria, Multiple-Scale Performance Space.
Biography
Stephen R. Gliessman
