Landscape Ecology and Agroecosystems

by Bunce, R. G. H.; Ryszkowski, Lech; Paoletti, M. G.

• ISBN13: 9780873719186
• ISBN10: 0873719182
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-04-01
• Publisher: Lewis Pub

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Editors
Chapter Authors
Contents
Landscape Ecology
An Introduction to Landscape Ecology	p. 3
The Ecological Significance of Linear Features in Agricultural Landscapes in Britain	p. 11
Landscape Dynamics and Farming Systems: Problems of Relating Patterns and Predicting Ecological Changes	p. 21
Landscape Structure and the Control of Water Runoff	p. 41
Agricultural Transport and Landscape Ecological Patterns	p. 49
Effect of Habitat Barriers on Animal Populations and Communities in Heterogenous Landscapes	p. 61
Above Ground Insect Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Europe	p. 71
Survival of Populations and the Scale of the Fragmented, Agricultural Landscape	p. 83
Implications of Scale on the Ecology and Management of Weeds	p. 91
Total Species Number as a Criterion for Conservation of Hay Meadows	p. 105
The Diversity of Agricultural Practices and Landscape Dynamics: The Case of a Hill Region in the South West of France	p. 113
The Role of Natural Vegetation in the Agricultural Landscape for Biological Conservation in Sicily	p. 131
Agroecosystems
Patterns of Change in the Agrarian Landscape in an Area of the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain). Assessment by Transition Probabilities	p. 141
Breeding Birds in Traditional Tree Rows and Hedges in the Central Po Valley (Province of Cremona, Northern Italy)	p. 153
Bird Fauna in the Changing Agricultural Landscape	p. 159
Study Outline on Ecological Methods of Afforestation	p. 169
Research on Germplasm of Herbaceous Plants in Tuscany	p. 177
Grapevine Germplasm Diversity and Conservation	p. 183
A Geographical Information Approach for Stratifying Tropical Latin America to Identify Research Problems and Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture	p. 197
Ecological Aspects of Production in the Canary Islands Traditional Agrosystems	p. 215
Index	p. 231
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