Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management

by Lech Ryszkowski (Editor)

Overview

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. A

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000611762
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/27/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Lech Ryszkowski

Table of Contents

The Functional Approach to Agricultural Landscape Analysis. Development of Agriculture and Its Impacts on Landscape Functions. Mitigation of Radiation and Heat Balance Structure by Plant Cover Structure. Water Balance in Agricultural Landscape and Options for its Management by Change in Plant Cover Structure of Landscape. Control of Diffuse Pollution by Mid-Field Shelterbelts and Meadow Strips. Implementation of Riparian Buffer Systems for Landscape Management. Dissolved Organic Substances in Water Bodies of Agricultural Landscape. Influence of Landscape Mosaic Structure on Diversity of Wild Plant and Animal Communities in Agricultural Landscapes of Poland. Field Boundary Habitats for Wildlife, Crop, and Environmental Protection. Changes of Landscape Diversity Patterns in the Province of Wielkopolska, Poland, Under Influence of Agriculture. The Impact of Agriculture on the Environment of the Northern Parisian Basin. Models Assessing the Impact of Land-Use Change in Rural Areas on Development of Environmental Threats and Their Use for Agricultural Politics. Ecological Guidelines for the Management of Afforestations in Rural Areas. Land Units and the Biodiversity of Tree Clumps from Satellite Images to Ground Analysis
Agrolandscape Ecology in the Twenty-First Century. Agriculture and Landscape Ecology.

Editorial Reviews

Challenging the conventional equation that the less humans change an ecosystem, the less degraded it becomes, researchers from the Research Centre for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Poznan, Poland, and other European and US institutions describe the results of some programs to integrate principles and practices of landscape ecology into agricultural production to enhance or substitute controlling negative feedback loops and create sustainable systems. Among their topics are mitigating radiation and heat balance structure with plant cover structures, riparian buffer systems, and the Northern Parisian Basin. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)