Biodiversity In Agricultural Production SystemsGero Benckiser, Sylvia Schnell While modern science has always recognized the central role that biodiversity plays in the ecological processes that maintain the Earth's equilibrium, our increasing knowledge of nature has deepened our appreciation of this principle. Consequently, those involved with implementing and maintaining sustainable agriculture systems have begun to take a |
Contents
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Genetic Diversity in Crops and Cropping Systems | 21 |
Qualitative and Quantitative Considerations | 41 |
Chapter 4 Microbial Communities Introduced through Organic Amendments and by AirTransport into Agricultural Soils | 69 |
Chapter 5 Discerning the Diversity of Soil Prokaryotes Bacteria and Archaea and Their Impact on Agriculture | 81 |
Highly Resolving Molecular Methodology to Study PlantBeneficial Rhizosphere Bacteria | 101 |
Chapter 7 Diversity of Biofilms and Their Formation Processes | 131 |
Chapter 8 Diversity of Soil Fungi | 149 |
Chapter 12 Diversity of Nematodes | 215 |
Chapter 13 Diversity of Tardigrada | 237 |
Chapter 14 Diversity of Lumbricid Earthworms in Temperate Agroecosystems | 249 |
Spatial Distribution and Function in Agroecosystems | 263 |
Chapter 16 Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms in Agricultural Soils | 287 |
Chapter 17 Gaseous Emissions CO2 CH4 N2O and NO from Diverse Agricultural Production Systems | 317 |
Chapter 18 Principles Behind Order and Sustainability in Natural Successions and Agriculture | 349 |
Chapter 19 Food Web Interactions and Modeling | 385 |
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