TY  - BOOK
AU  - Connor,D.J.
AU  - Loomis,R.S.
AU  - Cassman,Kenneth G.
TI  - Crop ecology :productivity and management in agricultural systems
SN  - 9780521761277
U1  - 630.277 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Agricultural ecology
KW  - Agricultural systems
N1  - Rev. ed. of: Crop ecology / R.S. Loomis, D.J. Connor. 1992; Includes bibliographical references (p. [516]-545) and index; Preface; Part I. Farming Systems and Their Biological Components: 1. Agricultural systems; 2. Trophic chains; 3. Community concepts; 4. Genetic resources; 5. Development; Part II. Physical and Chemical Environments: 6. Aerial environment; 7. Soil resources; Part III. Production Processes: 8. Nitrogen processes; 9. Water relations; 10. Photosynthesis; 11. Respiration and partitioning; Part IV. Resource Management: 12. Soil management; 13. Strategies and tactics for rainfed agriculture; 14. Water management in irrigated agriculture; 15. Energy and labor; Part V. Farming, Then, Now and in the Future: 16. Evolution of wheat farming systems in southern Australia; 17. Technological change in high-yield agriculture; 18. The future of agriculture; Species list; Conversions and constants useful in crop ecology; Index
ER  -