{"product_id":"landscape-agroecology-paul-wojtkowski-9781560222521","title":"Landscape Agroecology","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearn how the principles and practices of landscape agroecology can help to overcome drought, flooding, poor soil, damaging winds, plant diseases, plant-eating insects, and more! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Examining the concepts, conventions, and components that underlie the ecology of human-managed landscapes, this is the first book to address landscape agroecology. Incorporating ideas from agroecology, forestry, agronomy, agroforestry, landscape ecology, and environmental science, Landscape Agroecology is a comprehensive look at a cutting-edge topic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the author: Farm or forestry landscapes can be designed to address any number of objectives. Commonly, the focus is entirely on production with few, if any, secondary goals. These landscapes typically achieve their purpose but are not entirely in harmony with nature. Landscape agroecology offers the same potential for productivity, but also focuses on sustainability and environmental friendliness as strong secondary objectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While the idea of formulating landscapes for specific purposes is comparatively new, countless examples exist where landscape modifications have been made to inhospitable areas in order to overcome the natural obstacles that hamper crop growth. This book illuminates the principles behind these triumphs, bringing this local knowledge into the mainstream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Landscape Agroecology will familiarize you with the concepts and terminology needed to understand this exciting new field: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e complementarityusually defined in terms of plant-plant growthexpanded to include the rural countryside \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e desirable agroecosystems propertieswhat an agroecosystem needs in order to overcome landscape stresses such as drought, flooding, insect infestation, etc. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e agrotechnologiesthe classification of agroecosystems based on visual characteristics and the land-use problems addressed \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e cultural agroecologywhat we can learn from the superior land-use techniques of various societies and cultures, and how these ideas can be brought into the mainstream \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e cultural motifculturally related land-use patterns that are openly manifested in the landscape \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential for university\/college libraries and for research stations as well as professors and students of agroecology, this book will be referred to again and again. In addition to basic agroecological concepts, chapters in this essential book address the management of wind, water, and pests; biodiversity; physical and temporal patterns; principal, auxiliary, and temporal agrotechnologies, and much more. For professors and students in environmental science, this book offers many previously un-dicussed alternatives for resolving the earth's environmental dilemmas. Photographs, tables, figures, and illustrations help make important points easy to access and understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Wojtkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1560222522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560222521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 6.36w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 2072","brand":"Paul Wojtkowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065706197247,"sku":"9781560222521","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdffd6a9-94e4-40e6-aa87-71abe72d9c39.jpg?v=1768676717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/landscape-agroecology-paul-wojtkowski-9781560222521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}