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Agroecology, 2013
Authors: Martin Konrad, Sauerborn Joachim
Language: EnglishKeywords
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1 Introduction
1.1 Basic terms and overview of contents
2 Origin and development of agriculture
2.1 The first humans
2.2 The origins of agriculture
2.3 Progress and impacts of agriculture
2.4 Classification of agroecosystems
2.5 Livestock systems
3 Patterns and processes in ecosystems
3.1 Biotic interactions
3.2 Communities
3.3 Biodiversity
3.4 Succession
3.5 Flows of energy and material
3.6 Ecosystem services
3.7 Global material cycles
4 Crops and their environment
4.1 Radiation and energy
4.2 Water
4.3 Soil
4.4 Crop-associated flora
4.5 Phytophages
4.6 Phytopathogens
5 Management of unwanted organisms
5.1 Weed management
5.2 Pest management
5.3 Management of phytopathogens
6 Production and management of livestock resources
6.1 Grassland-based production systems
6.2 Environmental impacts of livestock production
7 Climate zones and land use
7.1 Global atmospheric circulation
7.2 Climate zones
8 Agroecological aspects of global change
8.1 Global change
Konrad Martin is biologist and agroecologist at the University of Hohenheim, Germany.
His specific interests are animal-plant interactions and community ecology. He was involved in various international research projects in countries of Southeast Asia and conducted studies on biological pest control and food webs in agroecosystems, on insect diversity cultivated tropical landscapes, and on the effects of land use change on species interactions.
A condensed, interdisciplinary and up to date knowledge of all relevant processes related to agroecology
Topics and aspects designed to understand and to integrate complex interactions
More than 200 illustrations and quick overview sections for easy reference
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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