Tropical Agroecosystems
The chapters in this book are a small subset of chapters that could have been written. They were chosen to represent a broad range of approaches to agroecosystem analysis, focusing on the special problems of the tropics. To speak of blatant omissions first, there are no chapters on tropical soils, although Picone's chapter on mycorrhizae treats the subject indirectly. I had planned on a chapter discussing tropical soils, but all potential authors refused, mainly because the subject is too large…
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- Full title :Tropical Agroecosystems / edited by John H. Vandermeer.
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The chapters in this book are a small subset of chapters that could have been written. They were chosen to represent a broad range of approaches to agroecosystem analysis, focusing on the special problems of the tropics. To speak of blatant omissions first, there are no chapters on tropical soils, although Picone's chapter on mycorrhizae treats the subject indirectly. I had planned on a chapter discussing tropical soils, but all potential authors refused, mainly because the subject is too large for a single chapter. Clearly, a separate volume on tropical soils and agroecology is warranted. The chapters that do form the body of the book are roughly organized in three main sections. Chapters 2 through 4 treat specific ecological issues associated with production, Chapters 5 and 6 examine two case studies of agricultural transformation and its effect on biodiversity, and Chapters 7 through 9 treat some key landscape issues.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (268 p.) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781420039887, 1420039881
- oclc:ocn939019487
- Dewey Decimal:630/.913
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction / John Vandermeer -- Chapter 2 Plant-Plant Interactions in Tropical Agriculture / Luis García-Barrios -- Chapter 3 Pest Management in Mesoamerican Agroecosystems / Luko Hilje, Carlos M. Araya, and Bernal E. Valverde -- hapter 4 Managing Mycorrhizae for Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics / Chris Picone -- Chapter 5 Technological Change and Biodiversity in the Rubber Agroecosystem of Sumatra / Laxman Joshi, Gede Wibawa, Hendrien Beukema, Sandy Williams, and Meine van Noordwijk -- Chapter 6 The Coffee Agroecosystem in the Neotropics: Combining Ecological and Economic Goals / Ivette Perfecto and Inge Armbrecht -- Chapter 7 Tropical Agricultural Landscapes / Robert A. Rice -- Chapter 8 Interactions between Wildlife and Domestic Livestock in the Tropics / Johannes Foufopoulos, Sonia Altizer, and Andrew Dobson -- Chapter 9 Tropical Agriculture and Human Disease: Ecological Complexities Pose Research Challenges / Mark L. Wilson.
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