Ecology in Agriculture

Name: Ecology in Agriculture
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ISBN: 9780123782601

ISBN-10: 0123782600

ISBN-13: 9780123782601

Edition: 1997

Authors: Louise E. Jackson

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Agriculture faces complex problems because of perturbed ecosystems. Louise E. Jackson focuses on these problems as an ecologist and describes how sound ecologically driven policy can help to prevent damage to non-agricultural ecosystems.

Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 9/14/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 472
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Contributors


Preface


The Ecophysiology of Crops and Their Wild Relatives


Photosynthesis, Growth Rate, and Biomass Allocation


Adaptation to Diverse Environments: Variation in Water-Use Efficiency within Crop Species


Productivity in Water-Limited Environments: Dryland Agricultural Systems


Nitrogen as a Limiting Factor: Crop Acquisition of Ammonium and Nitrate


Trade-offs in Root Form and Function


The Use of Biodiversity to Restrict Plant Diseases and Some Consequences for Farmers and Society


Plant-Arthropod Interactions in Agroecosystems


Many Little Hammers: Ecological Approaches for Management of Crop-Weed Interactions


Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Row-Crop Agriculture: Crop Nitrogen Use and Soil Nitrogen Loss


Soil Microbial Communities and Carbon Flow in Agroecosystems


Effects of Global Change on Agricultural Land Use: Scaling Up from Physiological Processes to Ecosystem Dynamics


Index