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Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management (Paperback)
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Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management (Paperback)
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Successful management of agricultural landscapes depends on the
recognition of the relationships between the processes and the
structures that maintain the system. The rapidly growing science of
Landscape Ecology quantifies the ways these ecosystems interact and
establishes a link between the activities in one region and
repercussions in another. Although science continuously yields new
environmentally friendly agricultural technology, the sustainable
development of a system will ultimately depend on a farmer's
ability to understand and utilize these advances. The results
presented in this book highlight the options for controlling
threats and present guidelines for the implementation of
environmentally friendly landscape management. Written by eminent
scientists in landscape ecology research, Landscape Ecology in
Agroecosystems Management provides a systematic evaluation of the
basic ecological functions of the agricultural landscape. It
presents a new approach to managing heat balance parameters and
evaluates the effectiveness of models for assessing land use
changes in rural areas. It also discusses the methods of evaluating
matter cycling in agricultural landscapes with emphasis on the
process leading to the diffuse pollution problems in ground and
surface waters. It reports studies that show how semi-natural
habitats maintained in the agricultural landscape constitute
important refuge for many plants and animals and thereby enhances
biological diversity in farmlands. Finally, it provides guidelines
for management of agricultural landscapes for sustainable
development of the countryside. The integration of agriculture and
the natural ecosystem in the landscape has recently become a "hot"
topic. The review of the achievements in landscape ecology
presented in this book clearly demonstrates that landscape ecology
is just passing through the threshold between the recognition of
various basic processes to being able to manage these processes to
achieve
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