Field and laboratory investigations in agroecology
Boca Raton, FL
Taylor & Francis
2006
301 p.: ill.
Includes bibliographical references
2nd ed
Effect of microclimate on seed germination -- Light transmission and the vegetative canopy -- Soil temperature -- Soil moisture content -- Soil properties analysis -- Canopy litterfall analysis -- Mulch system comparison -- Root system response to soil type -- Intraspecific interactions in a crop population -- Management history and the weed seed bank -- Comparison of arthropod populations -- Census of soil-surface fauna -- Bioassay for allelopathic potential -- Rhizobium nodulation in legumes -- Effects of agroecosystem diversity on herbivore activity -- Herbivore feeding preferences -- Effects of a weedy border on insect populations -- Mapping agroecosystem biodiversity -- Overyielding in an intercrop system -- Grazing intensity and net primary productivity -- Effects of trees in an agroecosystem -- On-farm energy use -- Farmer interview -- Local food market analysis