Sustainable agroecosystem management : integrating ecology, economics, and society / edited by Patrick J. Bohlen and Gar House.
Series: Advances in agroecologyPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.Description: xix, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN:- 9781420052145 (acidfree paper)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1.
Agroecosystem Management for the 21st Century: Sustaining Ecosystems, Economies and Communities in a Time of Global Change
Patrick J. Bohlen and Garfield J. House
Part 1. Ben Stinner¿s Contribution to Agroecosystem Science
Chapter 2.
Evolution of Agroecosystem Management in the Life of Benjamin R. Stinner: A Reflection on His Journey and Legacy
Deborah Stinner
Chapter 3
The Ecological Integration of the Social and Natural Sciences in the Sugar Creek Method
Richard Moore
Part 2 Unifying Concepts and Principles of Sustainable Agroecosystem Management
Chapter 4
Rethinking the First Principles of Agroecology: Ecological, Social, and Economic.
John Ikerd
Chapter 5
Potential for a New Generation of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
Fred Kirschenmann
Chapter 6
The Necessity and Possibility of an Agriculture where Nature is the Measure
Wes Jackson, Stan Cox, Lee DeHaan, Jerry Glover, David Van Tassel, and Cindy Cox
Chapter 7
Energy and Human Population Growth: the Role of Agriculture
David Pimentel
Chapter 8
Beyond Systems Thinking in Agroecology: Holons and the Problems of Boundary and Change
William Bland and Michael Bell
Part 3 Ecological Foundations of Agroecosystem Management
Chapter 9
Biological Buffering vs. The Green Revolution: Is modern Agriculture Exempt from the Laws of Ecology?
Larry Phelan
Chapter 10
Agroecosystem Integrity and the Internal Cycling of Nutrients
Michelle Wander
Chapter 11
The Role of Biodiversity in Agronomy and Agroecosystem Management in the Coming Century
Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig
Chapter 12
Long-term Consequences of Biological and Biogeochemical Changes in the Horseshoe Bend Long-term Agroecosystem Project
David C. Coleman, Mark D. Hunter, Paul F. Hendrix, D. A. Crossley, Jr., Sofia Arce-Flores, Breana Simmons, and Kyle Wickings
Part 4. Managing Agroecosystems and Research to Support Multiple Functions and Outcomes
Chapter 13
Challenges and Benefits of Developing Multifunctional Agroecosystems
John Westra and George Boody
Chapter 14
Conceptual Model for Integrating Ecological and Economic Aspects of Sustainability in Agroecosystems: an Example from Subtropical Grazing Lands
Patrick J. Bohlen and Hilary Swain
Chapter 15
Principles of Dynamic Integrated Agricultural Systems
Gretchen Sassenrath, Jon Hanson, Jeff Steiner, John Hendrickson, Dave Archer, John Halloran, Shannon Osborne.
Chapter 16
Participatory Approaches and Stakeholder Involvement in Sustainable Agriculture Research
Karin Eksvärd, Lennart Salomonsson, Charles Francis, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Karin Svanäng, Geir Lieblein, Johanna Björklund, Ulrika Geber
Chapter 17
Retro-fitting Suburban Landscapes to Support Sustainable Agriculture
Gar House
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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