Ecology in Agriculture

Klappentext -- Contains an ecological perspective on agricultural production and resource utilization-- Includes in-depth reviews of major issues in crop ecology by active researchers-- Covers a range of topics in agricultural ecophysiology, community ecology, and ecosystems ecology-- Provides examples of ecological approaches to solving problems in crop management and environmental quality Inhaltsverzeichnis Plant Responses to their Environment: L.E. Jackson and G. Koch , The Ecophysiology of Crops and their Wild Relatives. V.P. Gutshick , Photosynthesis, Growth Rate, and Biomass Allocation. A.G. Condon and A.E.Hall , Adaptation to Diverse Agricultural Environments: Genotypic Variation in Water Use Efficiency with Crop Series. C-G. Padilla, E. Fereres, and F. Orgaz , Productivity in Water-Limited Environments: Crop Responses and Management of Dryland Agricultural Systems. A.J. Bloom , Nitrogen as a Limiting Factor: Crop Acquisition of Ammonium and Nitrate. D.M. Eissenstat , Tradeoffs in Root Form and Function. Biotic Interactions and Processes: M.R. Finckh and M.S. Wolfe , The Use of Biodiversity to Restrict Plant Diseases and Some Consequences for Farmers and Society. D.K. Letourneau , Plant-Arthropod Interactions in Agroecosystems. M. Liebmann and E.R. Gallandt , Many Little Hammers: Ecological Approaches for Management of Crop-Weed Interactions. G.P. Robertson , Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Row-Crop Agriculture: Crop Nitrogen Use and Soil Nitrogen Loss. K.M. Scow , Interrelationships between Soil Microbial Communities and Carbon Flow in Agroecosystems. R. Leemans , Effects of Global change on Agricultural Land Use: Scaling Up from Physiological Processes to Ecosystem Dynamics.

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Plant Responses to their Environment:
L.E. Jackson and G. Koch, The Ecophysiology of Crops and their Wild Relatives.
V.P. Gutshick, Photosynthesis, Growth Rate, and Biomass Allocation.
A.G. Condon and A.E.Hall, Adaptation to Diverse Agricultural Environments: Genotypic Variation in Water Use Efficiency with Crop Series.
C-G. Padilla, E. Fereres, and F. Orgaz, Productivity in Water-Limited Environments: Crop Responses and Management of Dryland Agricultural Systems.
A.J. Bloom, Nitrogen as a Limiting Factor: Crop Acquisition of Ammonium and Nitrate.
D.M. Eissenstat, Tradeoffs in Root Form and Function. Biotic Interactions and Processes:
M.R. Finckh and M.S. Wolfe, The Use of Biodiversity to Restrict Plant Diseases and Some Consequences for Farmers and Society.
D.K. Letourneau, Plant-Arthropod Interactions in Agroecosystems.
M. Liebmann and E.R. Gallandt, Many Little Hammers: Ecological Approaches for Management of Crop-Weed Interactions.
G.P. Robertson, Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Row-Crop Agriculture: Crop Nitrogen Use and Soil Nitrogen Loss.
K.M. Scow, Interrelationships between Soil Microbial Communities and Carbon Flow in Agroecosystems.
R. Leemans, Effects of Global change on Agricultural Land Use: Scaling Up from Physiological Processes to Ecosystem Dynamics.