Agroecology, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 Researching the Ecological Basis for Sustainable Agriculture Ecological Studies Series, Vol. 78

***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 great value 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

Preface.- 1. Basic Ecological Concepts in Agroecosystems.- 1. Agroecology: Researching the Ecological Basis for Sustainable Agriculture.- 2. Two Examples of Natural Enemy Augmentation: A Consequence of Crop Diversification.- 3. An Evaluation of Ants as Possible Candidates for Biological Control in Tropical Annual Agroecosystems.- 4. Cropping Systems, Insect Movement, and the Spread of Insect-Transmitted Diseases in Crops.- 5. Diversification of Agroecosystems for Insect Pest Regulation: Experiments with Collards.- 6. Reduction of Damping-Off Disease in Soils from Indigenous Mexican Agroecosystems.- 7. The Role of Allelopathy in Agroecosystems: Studies from Tropical Taiwan.- 8. Nutrient Mobility in a Shifting Cultivation System, Belize, Central America.- 9. Low-Input Ideotypes.- 10. An Ecological Approach to Reducing External Inputs Through the Use of Intercropping.- 11. Integrating Trees into Agriculture: The Home Garden Agroecosystem as an Example of Agroforestry in the Tropics.- 12. The Influence of Trees in Selected Agroecosystems in Mexico.- 13. Tree Improvement from the Ground Up: The Potential for a Select Microbial Inocula in Forestry.- 14. Variability, Stability, and Risk in Intercropping: Some Theoretical Explorations.- 2. Agroecosystem Design and Management.- 15. Reducing the Risk: Some Indications Regarding Pre-Hispanic Wetland Agricultural Intensification from Contemporary Use of a Wetland/Terra Firma Boundary Zone in Central Veracruz.- 16. Agricultural Systems of the Northeastern Hill Region of India.- 17. The Impact of Agrohydrological Management on Water, Nutrients, and Fertilizers in the Environment of the Netherlands.- 18. Technological Changes in Energy Use in U.S. Agricultural Production.- 19. Energy Flow in Agroecosystems of Northeast China.- 20. Threats to Sustainability in Intensified Agricultural Systems: Analysis and Implications for Management.- 21. Quantifying the Agroecological Component of Sustainable Agriculture: A Goal.