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Ecological Bulletins, Ecological Implications of Contemporary Agriculture
Proceedings of a Symposium held 7-12 September, 1986, at Wageningen
H. Eijsackers (Edited by), H Eijsackers (Author), A. Quispel (Edited by)
9788716102270, Wiley
Hardback, published 1 January 1988
216 pages
27.2 x 19.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.708 kg
Agronomists and ecologists need each other and can learn from each other: agriculture cannot ignore ecological facts, neither can ecology study and conserve ecosystems without understanding contemporary agriculture. With this intention a symposium was organized on "the ecological implications of contemporary agriculture". Five major groups of problems were discussed, related to major elements of the system, each corresponding to a session of the symposium: - the soil and its life; For each subject (session) two invited papers were presented in combination with a varying number of posters. All these papers were encompassed by the opening and closing lectures, which sketch the societal framework within which a more ecological approach of agriculture has to be worked out. In this overview the different elements are rearranged and assessed according to four major groups of problems: lotting out, nutrient management, soil treatment, and weed and arthropod control. It is concluded with some comments on the possibilities to realize more ecological approaches in the framework of farming-practice and EC-politics.
- the plants, especially the unwanted ones;
- the fauna, with emphasis on the control of pests;
- the nutrient cycles and nutrient budgets (the driving force);
- the connecting elements in the rural landscape, related as they are with lotting out.
Preface. Opening lecture: The limits to agriculture. The substrate: how are we treating the soil?. When is a plant a weed?. The increasing need for ecological knowledge in pest control. Flow of water and nutrients through agro-ecosystems. Relations between ecosystems in the rural landscape. Closing lecture
Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS]
