02555nam 2200445 450 991058338940332120230120002503.0(CKB)3710000001100202(MiAaPQ)EBC4824786(EXLCZ)99371000000110020220161125h20172017 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSoil health and intensification of agroecosystems /edited by Mahdi M. Al-Kaisi, Birl LoweryLondon :Academic Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (420 pages) illustrations0-12-805317-8 0-12-805401-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Soil Health and Intensification of Agroecosystems examines the climate, environmental, and human effects on agroecosystems and how the existing paradigms must be revised in order to establish sustainable production. The increased demand for food and fuel exerts tremendous stress on all aspects of natural resources and the environment to satisfy an ever increasing world population, which includes the use of agriculture products for energy and other uses in addition to human and animal food. The book presents options for ecological systems that mimic the natural diversity of the ecosystem and can have significant effect as the world faces a rapidly changing and volatile climate. The book explores the introduction of sustainable agroecosystems that promote biodiversity, sustain soil health, and enhance food production as ways to help mitigate some of these adverse effects. New agroecosystems will help define a resilient system that can potentially absorb some of the extreme shifts in climate. Changing the existing cropping system paradigm to utilize natural system attributes by promoting biodiversity within production agricultural systems, such as the integration of polycultures, will also enhance ecological resiliency and will likely increase carbon sequestration.Soil biologySoil managementSoils and nutritionSoil biology.Soil management.Soils and nutrition.577.55Al-Kaisi Mahdi M.Lowery BirlMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910583389403321Soil health and intensification of agroecosystems2086362UNINA