The ecology of agroecosystems / John H. Vandermeer.

• Three vignettes : setting the stage -- Constructivism and the evolution of agriculture -- Competition and facilitation among plants : intercropping, weeds, fire, and the plow -- Soils and the emergence of the industrial approach -- The biology of the soil and the emergence of an ecological vision -- The problem of pests--herbivory, disease ecology and biological control -- Biodiversity, imperialism, and agricultural landscapes -- Toward a sustainable future.

Ämnesord

Agricultural ecology.  (LCSH)

Soil chemistry.  (LCSH)

Food  -- Quality -- Moral and ethical aspects. (LCSH)

sustainability  (agrovoc)

soil chemistry  (agrovoc)

economics  (agrovoc)

agricultural development  (agrovoc)

alternative agriculture 

agricultural development 

Klassifikation

S589.7 (LCC)

630 (DDC)

Qd (kssb/8 (machine generated))