BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS - CHAPTER 3 doc

... 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 224 µg/g atrazine in food. Mortality and molting frequency increased with increasing concentrati...

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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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... degradation in the humid and sub-humid tropics of Africa, Exp. Agric., 32 : 235 –290. Cunningham, A. B. and Mbenkum, F.T., 19 93. Sustainability of harvesting Prunus africana bark in Cameroon: a medicinal ... growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Accelerating Food Production in Sub- Saharan Africa, J. W. Mellor, C. L. Delgado, and M. J. Blackie, Eds., Johns Hopkins University Press, Bal...

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... 95:904– 933 . Yahner, R. H., 1988. Changes in wildlife communities near edges, Conserv. Biol., 2: 233 – 239 . Yahner, R. H., 19 93. Effects of long-term forest clear-cutting on wintering and breeding birds, Wilson ... made illegal in Argentina. An ecotoxicology program was initiated, with field and labo- ratory training for government agents, students, and veterinarians living in the Fig...

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... Technologies Conserving, Maintaining, and Using Biodiversity Minimizing Chemical Inputs International Collaboration in Biotechnology Research Findings Anticipating Adaptive Challenges for Developing Countries Seminar ... Problems Introducing Agroecosystems and Indicators of Quality Defining Agroecosystems Factors Affecting Quality Indicators Quality Indicators — Linking Biodiversity...

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... processes (Tilman, 1996), maintaining and increasing protozoan biodiversity will contribute to more sustainable agriculture. Ecofarming and organic fertilizer management enhance pro- tozoan activity. Protozoa ... through burrowing move- ments and passing ingested cysts through guts, providing new hot spots and releasing greater quantities of nutrients, which have led to increased plant yiel...

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... dis- coveries for improved activity and perennial sustainment of desired beneficials. Today, high-yielding, high-quality, insect-, disease-, and weed-free monocultures require high-energy inputs ... Insects and Their Value Biodiversity Crisis Biodiversity in Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring Key Beneficials in Agroecosystems Intraspecific Diversity of Beneficials Biodiversity of Bene...

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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 236 sites worldwide, including ... grazing system to an intensively managed industrial system. McIntire et al. (1992) have documented the role population pressure has in integrating crop and animal agriculture and in promotin...

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... sagebrush-dominated lands in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, in The Sagebrush Ecosystem, Utah State University, Logan, 33 –41. West, N. E., 19 83. Western intermountain sagebrush steppe, in Temperate ... R. P., 19 83. Fire as a management tool in rangelands of the Intermountain Region, in Managing Intermountain Rangelands — Improvement of Range and Wildlife Habitats, Gen. Tec...

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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 ... diversity in terms of maintaining wild or native species populations. Increased biodiversity at the landscape level (in the form of increased habitat or agroecosystem diversity) wi...

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