BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS - CHAPTER 2 pps

... Fertil. Soils, 7 :22 5 23 1. Rutherford, P. M. and Juma, N. G., 19 92. In uence of texture on habitable pore space and bacterial-protozoan populations in soil, Biol. Fertil. Soils, 12: 221 22 7. Schnurer, ... 17 :22 2 22 5. Lee, K. E. and Pankhurst, C. E., 19 92. Soil organisms and sustainable productivity, Aust. J. Soil Res., 30:855–8 92. Lehle, E., 19 92. Wimpertiere und andere Einzelle...

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... 1) in the climax stage of succession (Odum, 1969). An increase in physical (inorganic) materials in urban systems coincides with a decreasing P/R ratio (i.e., a significant increase in main- tenance ... (i.e., solar-powered patches, Figure 2) in urban areas (Stren et al., 19 92) . Continued efforts to increase solar-driven productivity, while simultaneously decreasing maintenance co...

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... of biodiversity management within households resides mainly with women in households of marginal individuals. In our 19 92 UPWARD project in Bukidnon, Philippines, we compared two models for in ... outline some principles of in situ biodiversity maintenance within traditional, marginalized agroecosystems and contrast these to the scientific, ex situ approaches of formal, exter...

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... 2. 1 Introduction 2. 2 Case Study 1 2. 2.1 Metal Solutions and Colloid Suspensions 2. 2 .2 Soil Monoliths 2. 2.3 Leaching Experiments 2. 2.4 Eluent Characterization 2. 2.5 Colloid Elution 2. 2.6 ... 2. 4 .2 Leaching Experiments 2. 4.3 Biosolid Colloid Elution 2. 4.4 Metal Elution 2. 5 Summary 2. 6 Conclusions References L1 623 _Frame_ 02. fm Page 25 Thursday, February 20...

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... role in the binding of pesticides in soil. Fulvic and humic acids are most commonly involved in binding interactions. Pesticides or their degradation intermediates can also be polymerized or incorporated ... Orchesella cincta. The lethal concentration (LC 50 ) for atrazine was estimated at 22 4 µg/g atrazine in food. Mortality and molting frequency increased with increasing concentra...

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... beneficials. Today, high-yielding, high-quality, insect-, disease-, and weed-free monocultures require high-energy inputs to produce and harvest. With production costs escalating, interest in enduring and efficient ... Insects and Their Value Biodiversity Crisis Biodiversity in Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring Key Beneficials in Agroecosystems Intraspecific Diversity of Beneficials...

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... Nicholls CONTENTS Introduction The Nature and Function of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Patterns of Insect Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Plant Biodiversity and Insect Stability in Agroecosystems Patterns ... FUNCTION OF BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS Biodiversity refers to all species of plants, animals, and microorganisms existing and interacting within an ecosyst...

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... that in well-balanced grazing systems, especially those using multispecies, plant biodiversity increases. An exten- sive review of grazing and production data of 23 6 sites worldwide, including ... increased from 4 .2 million head in 1950 to 9.6 million in 19 92 (Kaimonitz, 1995). In Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the decline in the forest area is mainly the result of crop expans...

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... A., 19 92. New perspectives for sustainable natural resources management, Ecol. Appl., 2: 221 22 5. Kindschy, R. R., 1978. Rangeland management practices and bird habitat values, in Proceed- ings ... also increases in abundance following exces- sive livestock grazing in the spring (West and Young, 1998). Livestock grazing also reduces the chance of fires by removal of fine fuels in the...

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... degradation in the humid and sub-humid tropics of Africa, Exp. Agric., 32: 235 29 0. Cunningham, A. B. and Mbenkum, F.T., 1993. Sustainability of harvesting Prunus africana bark in Cameroon: a medicinal ... since in addition to their biodiversity these multistrata damar agroforests in Sumatra are financially attractive. Damar resins are utilized by industries in Indonesia or expor...

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