LEADER 02555nam 2200445 450 001 9910583389403321 005 20230120002503.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001100202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4824786 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001100202 100 $a20161125h20172017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aSoil health and intensification of agroecosystems /$fedited by Mahdi M. Al-Kaisi, Birl Lowery 210 1$aLondon :$cAcademic Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (420 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-12-805317-8 311 $a0-12-805401-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aSoil 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. 606 $aSoil biology 606 $aSoil management 606 $aSoils and nutrition 615 0$aSoil biology. 615 0$aSoil management. 615 0$aSoils and nutrition. 676 $a577.55 702 $aAl-Kaisi$b Mahdi M. 702 $aLowery$b Birl 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910583389403321 996 $aSoil health and intensification of agroecosystems$92086362 997 $aUNINA