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Structure and Function
in Agroecosystem
Design and Management
Structure and Function
in Agroecosystem
Design and Management
Edited by
Masae Shiyomi
Hiroshi ... R.W. Spedding
Berkshire, England
Moham K. Wali
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data...
... Carter and Dale (1974) and Ponting (1991), most
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BIODIVERSITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS AND ... FUNCTION IN AGROECOSYSTEMS DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
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... time intervals in the same area (Fischer and Stocklin, 1999). Habitat frag-
mentation combined with changes in grassland management and the land-
scape context have resulted in significant increases ... Page 54
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• How does grassland diversity vary in space and time?
• What determines the number of s...
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can be made between the individual-based models (e.g., Pacala and Silander,
1985) and cellular automaton ... ecological management of crop-weed interactions
from a modeling and systems perspective.
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Mortality rate
Amount in above-
ground ... losses in all the double-cropping systems.
Similar results were obtained in single summer crops by Beck (1991), sug-
gesting that effective measures must be taken to maintain t...
... P.L. and Singh, J.S., 1971. Herbage dynamics and net primary production in cer-
tain ungrazed and grazed grasslands in North America, in
Preliminary Analysis of
Structure and Function in Grasslands,
N.R. ... grasses, and trees are intense. The live-
stock component of the grassland may be herds and flocks grazing and
browsing in the vicinity of grazing lands and...
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McGonigle, T.P. and Miller, M.H., 1996. Development of fungi below ground in asso-
ciation with plants growing in disturbed and ... Page 149
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Varietal Responses and Breeding Programs
To date, there have been no breeding...
... important role in their
survival and establishment, and species seen in agroecosystems are not
exceptional in this matter.
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in the same field. Similar results were reported by Tien and Gusui (1991) in
China against CMV in several vegetables. ... rain dispersal,
and insect transmission of inoculum.
Wind Dispersal
Airborne spores may travel intercontinentally and cause disease thou-
sands of miles away from the o...
... modeling. From this
point of view, we are seeking, in the study, a rotational grazing scheme and
an optimal grazing pressure for the alpine meadow husbandry by modeling
an alpine meadow grazing ... consumed by grazing animals), V
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, (7) sheep
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Digestibility
Grazing
pressure:
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Solar light
intensity:
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Amoun...