The Agroecosystem Concept - Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems

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points out the ecological impacts of agriculture and the

need for an ecological approach to solving the problems

they create.

Daubenmire, R.F. 1974. Plants and Environment . 3rd ed. John

Wiley and Sons: New York. The primary work in the

area of autecology, emphasizing the relationship

between an individual plant and the factors of the envi-

ronment in which it must develop.

Gliessman, S.R. 1990. Agroecology: Researching the Ecological

Basis for Sustainable Agriculture . Ecological Studies

Series #78. Springer-Verlag: New York. A survey of

research approaches in the search for the ecological

foundations for sustainable agroecosystem design and

management.

Gurevitch, J., S.M. Scheiner, and G.A. Fox. 2002. The Ecology

of Plants . Sinauer Associates, Inc.: Sunderland, MA. A

text focusing on the interactions between plants and their

environments, over a range of scales.

Golley, F.B. 1993. A History of the Ecosystem Concept in Ecology .

Yale University Press: New Haven, Connecticut. The

essential review of how the ecosystem concept was

developed and how it has been applied as a central

concept in ecology.

Lowrance, R., B.R. Stinner, and G.J. House. 1984. Agricul-

tural Ecosystems: Unifying Concepts . John Wiley

and Sons: New York. A conceptual approach to

applying ecological concepts to the study of agri-

cultural systems.

Molles, M.C. 2004. Ecology: Principles and Applications . 3rd

ed. McGraw-Hill. A good introductory ecology text.

Odum, E.P. 1997. Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and

Society . Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA. An

introduc- tory text covering the principles of modern

ecology as they relate to the threat to Earth's life-

support systems.

Pretty, J. (ed.) 2005. The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Agri-

culture . Earthscan/James and James: London. Founded

on ecological principles, this remarkable edited topic

brings together experts who present a vision for a sus-

tainable agriculture.

Ricklefs, R.E. 2000. The Economy of Nature . 5th ed. W. H.

Freeman and Company: New York. A very complete

textbook of ecology for the student committed to under-

standing the way nature works.

Smith, R.L. T.M. and Smith. 2005. Elements of Ecology . 6th ed.

Benjamin Cummings: San Francisco. A commonly used

textbook of ecology for the serious student in biology or

environmental studies.

Agroecology in Action

www.agroeco.org

A website dedicated to demonstrating the many

and varied ways to apply agroecology, with

special emphasis on issues in Latin America.

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food

Systems

zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs

The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable

Food Systems is a research, education, and

public service program at the University of

California, Santa Cruz, dedicated to increas-

ing ecological sustainability and social jus-

tice in the food and agriculture system.

Ecology and Society

www.ecologyandsociety.org

A journal of integrative science for resilience

and sustainability

University of California Santa Cruz Agroecology

Program.

www.agroecology.org

This website is an information resource for de-

veloping sustainable agroecosystems, em-

phasizing international training, research,

and application of agroecological science to

solving real world problems.