Edited by Stephen Gliessman and Helda Morales, the Advances in Agroecology series has been a keystone of the CRC Press Ecology and Agriculture book portfolio for nearly 25 years. The books span a diverse range of topics from Agroforestry, Soil Science and Microbial Ecology to food system transparency, environmental resilience and urban agroecology. The readership is international, with authors and editors from across the globe, targeting academic researchers, professionals – from ‘on-the-ground’ practitioners to policy makers - and graduate level students. Advancing ecological, political, social and environmental change since the first book published in 1998, this series continues to aid the transition of our current food system to new farming practices that mitigate climate change and prioritise local supply chains.
Editors-in-Chief
Stephen R. Gliessman, Professor Emeritus of Agroecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Helda Morales, Agroecology group, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico
Editorial Advisory Board
Miguel Altieri, University of California, Berkeley, California
Christopher M. Bacon, Santa Clara University, California
Noureddine Benkeblia, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Patrick J. Bohlen, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Hamutahl Cohen, University of California, Riverside
Roseann Cohen, Community Agroecology Network, Santa Cruz, California
David Coleman, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Monika Egerer, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Charles A. Francis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Manuel González de Molina Navarro, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
Alba González Jácome, Universidad Iberoamericana Campus Mexico City, Mexico
V. Ernesto Méndez, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Maurizio Paoletti, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Paulo Frederico Petersen, AS-PTA - Family Agriculture and Agroecology, ABA-Agroecology
Luo Shiming, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Gabriela Steier, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Julia Wright, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, UK
Alireza (Avaz) Koochecki, University of Mashad, Mashad, Iran
Edited
By Tanya E. Cheeke, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall
July 17, 2012
While soil ecologists continue to be on the forefront of research on biodiversity and ecosystem function, there are few interdisciplinary studies that incorporate ecological knowledge into sustainable land management practices. Conventional, high fossil-fuel input-based agricultural systems can ...
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By Stephen R. Gliessman, Martha Rosemeyer
December 21, 2009
With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the past―higher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reduction―can be counted on to come to the rescue. In ...
By Thomas Gitau, Margaret W. Gitau, David Waltner-Toews
June 10, 2008
Exploring the implementation of participatory, multistakeholder, and transdisciplinary ecosystem health research, Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems combines the latest theories in complexity and management with practical tools and approaches for sustainable rural ...
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By Adel El Titi
December 26, 2002
Building on our knowledge of soil ecology under natural, undisturbed conditions, Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems focuses on how cultivation affects soil and the soil environment. In particular, it highlights how methods of soil tillage can influence soil structure, soil chemical processes, soil ...
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By John H. Vandermeer
December 03, 2002
Tropical areas present ecological, cultural and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. The tropical environment is special in many ways, from the lack of a biological down season (winter), to generally poor soil conditions, to a reliance on ...
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By Cornelia Flora
February 05, 2001
There is an increasing realization among biophysical scientists that human behavior drastically impacts the degree to which sound agroecosystems are implemented. Written by an international team of experts assembled by a leading rural sociologist, Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural ...
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By Louise E. Buck, James P. Lassoie, Erick C.M. Fernandes
December 28, 1998
Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems examines the environmental and social conditions that affect the roles and performance of trees in field- and forest-based agricultural production systems. Various types of ecological settings for agroforestry are analyzed within temperate and ...