New Dimensions In Agroecology
Contents: Preface. 1. New dimensions in agroecology for developing a biological approach to crop production/David R. Clements and Anil Shrestha. 2. Education in agroecology and integrated systems/Charles A. Francis. 3. Redesigning industrial agroecosystems: incorporating more ecological processes and reducing pollution/Eugene P. Odum and Gary W. Barrett. 4. Integrating agroecological processes into cropping systems research/Stephen R. Gliessman. 5. An agroecological basis for designing diversified cropping systems in the tropics/Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls. 6. Soil ecosystem changes during the transition to No-Till cropping/Tami L. Stubbs, Ann C. Kennedy and William F. Schillinger. 7. The ecology of crop-weed interactionise: towards a more complete model of weed communities in agroecosystems/Bruce D. Maxwell and Edward Luschei. 8. Research and extension supporting ecologically based IPM systems/Fabian D. Menalled, Douglas A. Landis and Larry E. Dyer. 9. Effects of key soil organisms on nutrient dynamics in temperate agroecosystems/Joann K. Whalen and Chantal Hamel. 10. Nutrient dynamics: utilizing biotic-abiotic interactions for improved management of agricultural soils/Chantal Hamel, Christine Landry, Abdirashid Elmi, Aiguo Liu and Timothy Spedding. 11. Microbial and genetic diversity in soil environments/Ping Wang and Warren A. Dick. 12. Impact of global change on biological processes in soil: implications for agroecosystem management/Shuijin Hu and Weijian Zhang. 13. The importance of biodiversity in agroecosystems/Lori Ann Thrupp. 14. Biophysical and ecological interactions in a temperate tree-based intercropping system/N.V. Thevathasan, A.M. Gordon, J.A. Simpson, P.E. Reynolds, G. Price and P. Zhang. 15. Agricultural landscapes: field margin habitats and their interaction with crop production/E.J.P. Marshall. 16. Benefits of re-integrating livestock and forages in crop production systems/E. Ann Clark. 17. Nitrogen efficiency in mixed farming systems/Egbert A. Lantinga, Gerard J.M. Oomen and Johannes B. Schiere. 18. Ecological context for examining the effects of transgenic crops in production systems/Jennifer A. White, Jason P. Harmon and David A. Andow. 19. Redesigning pest management: a social ecology approach/Stuart B. Hill. 20. Research priorities in natural systems agriculture/T.S. Cox, C. Picone and W. Jackson. Index.
