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Ecology in agriculture /

Agricultural crops are prominent features of an increasing number of variously perturbed ecosystems and the landscapes occupied by these ecosystems. Yet the ecology of agricultural-dominated landscapes is only now receiving the scientific attention it has long deserved. This attention has been stimu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jackson, Louise E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©1997.
Colección:Physiological ecology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ecophysiology of crops and their wild relatives / Louise E. Jackson and George W. Koch
  • Photosynthesis, growth rate, and biomass allocation / Vincent P. Gutschick
  • Adaptation to diverse environments / A.G. Condon and A.E. Hall
  • Productivity in water-limited environments / C. Gimenez, F. Orgaz, and E. Fereres
  • Nitrogen as a limiting factor / Arnold J. Bloom
  • Trade-offs in root form and function / David M. Eissenstat
  • Use of biodiversity to restrict plant diseases and some consequences for farmers and society / Maria R. Finckh and Martin S. Wolfe
  • Plant-arthropod interactions in agroecosystems / D.K. Letourneau
  • Many little hammers / Matt Liebman and Eric R. Gallandt
  • Nitrogen use efficiency in row-crop agriculture / G. Philip Robertson
  • Soil microbial communities and carbon flow in agroecosystems / Kate M. Scow
  • Effects of global change on agricultural land use / Rik Leemans.