Keywords:
Cropping systems - Middle West.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The latest volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research series, presenting two decades of research on the sustainability of temperate, row-crop ecosystems in the Midwestern United States.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (449 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199773480
Series Statement:
Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1934265
DDC:
577.5/5
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Series -- The Ecology of Agricultural Landscapes -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Long-Term Ecological Research at the Kellogg Biological Station LTER Site: Conceptual and Experimental Framework -- 2 Farming for Ecosystem Services: An Ecological Approach to Production Agriculture -- 3 Economic Value of Ecosystem Services from Agriculture -- 4 A Crop Stress Index to Predict Climatic Effects on Row-Crop Agriculture in the U.S. North Central Region -- 5 Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: Controls and Management for Sustainable Ecosystem Functioning -- 6 Microbial Diversity in Soils of Agricultural Landscapes and Its Relation to Ecosystem Function -- 7 Plant Community Dynamics in Agricultural and Successional Fields -- 8 Arthropod Diversity and Pest Suppression in Agricultural Landscapes -- 9 Nitrogen Transfers and Transformations in Row-Crop Ecosystems -- 10 Simulating Crop Growth and Biogeochemical Fluxes in Response to Land Management Using the SALUS Model -- 11 Water Quality and Movement in Agricultural Landscapes -- 12 Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases in Agricultural Ecosystems -- 13 Farmer Decisions about Adopting Environmentally Beneficial Practices -- 14 Acoustic Observations in Agricultural Landscapes -- 15 Designing Cropping Systems for Ecosystem Services -- Index.
