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The Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes - Long-Term Research on the Path to Sustainability (Hardcover)
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The Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes - Long-Term Research on the Path to Sustainability (Hardcover)
Series: The Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
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Evidence has been mounting for some time that intensive row-crop
agriculture as practiced in developed countries may not be
environmentally sustainable, with concerns increasingly being
raised about climate change, implications for water quantity and
quality, and soil degradation. This volume synthesizes two decades
of research on the sustainability of temperate, row-crop ecosystems
of the Midwestern United States. The overarching hypothesis guiding
this work has been that more biologically based management
practices could greatly reduce negative impacts while maintaining
sufficient productivity to meet demands for food, fiber and fuel,
but that roadblocks to their adoption persist because we lack a
comprehensive understanding of their benefits and drawbacks. The
research behind this book, based at the Kellogg Biological Station
(Michigan State University) and conducted under the aegis of the
Long-term Ecological Research network, is structured on a
foundation of large-scale field experiments that explore
alternatives to conventional, chemical-intensive agriculture.
Studies have explored the biophysical underpinnings of crop
productivity, the interactions of crop ecosystems with the
hydrology and biodiversity of the broader landscapes in which they
lie, farmers' views about alternative practices, economic valuation
of ecosystem services, and global impacts such as greenhouse gas
exchanges with the atmosphere. In contrast to most research
projects, the long-term design of this research enables
identification of slow or delayed processes of change in response
to management regimes, and allows examination of responses across a
broader range of climatic variability. This volume synthesizes this
comprehensive inquiry into the ecology of alternative cropping
systems, identifying future steps needed on the path to
sustainability.
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