" ... co-published simultaneously as Journal of crop improvement, volume 11, numbers 1/2 (#21/22) and volume 12, numbers 1/2 (#23/24), 2004." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Research Priorities in Natural Systems Agriculture / W. Jackson -- Anil Shrestha -- Education in Agroecology and Integrated Systems / Charles A. Francis -- Redesigning Industrial Agroecosystems: Incorporating More Ecological Processes and Reducing Pollution / Eugene P. Odum, Gary W. Barrett -- Integrating Agroecological Processes into Cropping Systems Research / Stephen R. Gliessman -- An Agroecological Basis for Designing Diversified Cropping Systems in the Tropics / Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls -- Soil Ecosystem Changes During the Transition to No-Till Cropping / Tami L. Stubbs, Ann C. Kennedy, William F. Schillinger -- The Ecology of Crop-Weed Interactions: Towards a More Complete Model of Weed Communities in Agroecosystems / Bruce D. Maxwell, Edward Luschei -- Research and Extension Supporting Ecologically Based IPM Systems / Fabian D. Menalled, Douglas A. Landis, Larry E. Dyer -- Effects of Key Soil Organisms on Nutrient Dynamics in Temperate Agroecsosystems / Joann K. Whalen, Chantal Hamel -- Nutrient Dynamics: Utilizing Biotic-Abiotic Interactions for Improved Management of Agricultural Soils / Chantal Hamel, Christine Landry, Abdirashid Elmi, Aiguo Liu, Timothy Spedding -- Microbial and Genetic Diversity in Soil Environments / Ping Wand, Warren A. Dick -- Impact of Global Change on Biological Processes in Soil: Implications for Agroecosystem Management / Shuijin Hu, Weijian Zhang -- The Importance of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems / Lori Ann Thrupp -- Biophysical and Ecological Interactions in a Temperate Tree-Based Intercropping System / N.V. Thevathasan, A.M. Gordon, J.A. Simpson, P.E. Reynolds, G. Price, P. Zhang -- Agricultural Landscapes: Field Margin Habitats and Their Interaction with Crop Production / E.J.P. Marshall -- Benefits of Re-Integrating Livestock and Forages in Crop Production Systems / E. Ann Clark -- Nitrogen Efficiency in Mixed Farming Systems / Egbert A. Lantinga, Gerard J.M. Oomen, Johannes B. Schiere -- Ecological Context for Examining the Effects of Transgenic Crops in Production Systems / Jennifer A. White, Jason P. Harmon, David A. Andow -- Redesigning Pest Management: A Social Ecology Approach / Stuart B. Hill -- Research Priorities in Natural Systems Agriculture / T.S. Cox, C. Picone, W. Jackson -- Index.
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