Discount Book & Music Store offers discount books ->

Quick Find

Get Notified - Store Promotion

Categories

Best Seller
Books->
  Antiques & Collectibles->
  Architecture->
  Art->
  Biography & Autobiography->
  Business & Economics->
  Comics & Graphic Novels->
  Cooking->
  Computers->
  Crafts & Hobbies->
  Drama->
  Education->
  Family & Relationships->
  Fiction->
  Foreign Language Study->
  Games->
  Gardening->
  Health & Fitness->
  History->
  House & Home->
    Decorating
    Design & Construction
     Do-It-Yourself->
    Furniture
    Hand Tools
    Repair
    House Plans
    Outdoor & Recreational Areas
    Power Tools
    Reference
    Remodeling & Renovation
    Woodworking
    Cleaning & Caretaking
    Equipment, Appliances & Supplies
    Security
  Humor->
  Juvenile Nonfiction->
  Juvenile Fiction->
  Language Arts & Disciplines->
  Law->
  Literary Collections->
  Literary Criticism->
  Mathematics->
  Medical->
  Music->
  Nature->
  Non-Classifiable
  Body, Mind & Spirit->
  Performing Arts->
  Pets->
  Philosophy->
  Photography->
  Poetry->
  Political Science->
  Psychology->
  Reference->
  Religion->
  Science->
  Self-Help->
  Social Science->
  Sports & Recreation->
  Study Aids->
  Technology->
  Transportation->
  True Crime->
  Travel->
  Current Affairs->
Music->
DVD & Video
Magazine

New Dimensions in Agroecology

~~$74.76~~ $59.81

Click to enlarge

Book ISBN : 1560221135

Format : Softcover

Author :

Edition :

Pages :

Publisher :
You Save: $14.95
Discount: 20%

Book Description

Edited by David R. Clements, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada
Anil Shrestha, PhD, MS
IPM Weed Ecologist, Kerney Agricultural Center, University of California, Parlier. Format: Softcover, Number of pages: Approx. 592 pp. with Index. Publication Date: . Reduce the environmentally negative aspects of industrial agriculture with an ecologically sound philosophy!

New Dimensions in Agroecology explores the latest developments in the emerging science of agroecology, focusing on how these new concepts and cutting-edge tools will help minimize the impact of agriculture on the environment and foster the use of sustainable agricultural practices. This book expands your scope of thinking by providing information on current innovative agroecological research and education as well as emerging issues, such as biotechnology and climate change. Prominent specialists from around the world offer a diversity of stimulating perspectives and topics that will benefit agricultural researchers, extension personnel, and upper-level students in agroecology, ecology, and agronomy programs.

In New Dimensions in Agroecology, you will learn why conventional agriculture practices frequently result in environmental problems such as eutrophication at the landscape scale, reduction in soil quality, and decreased biodiversity. This timely tool contributes practical suggestions to design sustainable crop and meat production systems that replace current wasteful and unsustainable industrial agriculture to nourish the world without major damage to the health and quality of our total environment. The book points to future possibilities for research and application with the hope that agroecology becomes the new discipline in agricultural issues rather than just a buzzword.

New Dimensions in Agroecology covers groundbreaking investigations on a wide variety of agriculture and ecology, including:

holistic landscape-level approaches
the integration of ecological principles into cropping systems
the utilization of biodiversity in agriculture
new ways of seeing the soil in agrosystems
ecological pest management and its extension
and much more!

New Dimensions in Agroecology goes beyond preserving the total sustainability of our agricultural systems, including social, environmental, and economic measures of sustainability in the equation. Generously enhanced with tables, figures, models, and diagrams, this book scrutinizes the current state of affairs in agriculture and presents a better solution. Change will not come easily, but this text is the first step towards a new, environmentally acceptable way. Table of contents:

New Dimensions in Agroecology for Developing a Biological Approach to Crop Production
Education in Agroecology and Integrated Systems
Redesigning Industrial Agroecosystems: Incorporating More Ecological Processes and Reducing Pollution
Integrating Agroecological Processes into Cropping Systems Research
An Agroecological Basis for Designing Diversified Cropping Systems in the Tropics
Soil Ecosystem Changes During the Transition to No-Till Cropping
The Ecology of Crop-Weed Interactions: Towards a More Complete Model of Weed Communities in Agroecosystems
Research and Extension Supporting Ecologically Based IPM Systems
Effects of Key Soil Organisms on Nutrient Dynamics in Temperate Agroecosystems
Nutrient Dynamics: Utilizing Biotic-Abiotic Interactions for Improved Management of Agricultural Soils
Microbial and Genetic Diversity in Soil Environments
Impact of Global Change on Biological Processes in Soil: Implications for Agroecosystem Management
The Importance of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
Biophysical and Ecological Interactions in a Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping System
Agricultural Landscapes: Field Margin Habitats and Their Interaction with Crop Production
Benefits of Re-Integrating Livestock and Forages in Crop Production Systems
Nitrogen Efficiency in Mixed Farming Systems
Ecological Context for Examining the Effects of Transgenic Crops in Production Systems
Redesigning Pest Management: A Social Ecology Approach
Research Priorities in Natural Systems Agriculture
Index
Reference Notes Included