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Biodiversity in agriculture : domestication, evolution, and sustainability / / edited by Paul Gepts [and others] [[electronic resource]]
| Biodiversity in agriculture : domestication, evolution, and sustainability / / edited by Paul Gepts [and others] [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 606 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 631.5/8 |
| Soggetto topico | Agrobiodiversity |
| ISBN |
1-139-23417-X
1-107-22487-X 1-280-56896-8 9786613598561 1-139-23266-5 1-139-01951-1 1-139-23043-3 1-139-22899-4 1-139-23190-1 1-139-23344-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The local origins of domestication / Jared Diamond -- Early steps in agricultural domestication / Robert Bettinger -- Evolution of agro-ecosystems: biodiversity, origins and differential development / David R. Harris -- From foraging to farming in western and eastern Asia 151 / Ofer Bar-Yosef -- Predomestic cultivation during the late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the northern Levant / George Willcox -- New archaeobotanical information on plant domestication from macro-remains: tracking the evolution of domestication syndrome traits / Dorian Q. Fuller -- New archaeobotanical information on early cultivation and plant domestication involving microplant remains / Dolores R. Piperno -- How and why did agriculture spread? / Peter Bellwood -- California Indian proto-agriculture: its characterization and legacy / Kat Anderson and Eric Wohlgemuth -- Domestication of animals and impacts on humans / Thomas Famula -- Pathways to animal domestication / Melinda A. Zeder -- Genetics of animal domestication / Leif Andersson -- Genome-wide approaches for the study of dog domestication / Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Melissa M. Gray, and Robert K. Wayne -- Malaria and rickets represent selective forces for the convergent evolution of adult lactase persistence / Loren Cordain, Mathew S. Hickley, and Kami Kim -- Issues in plant domestication / Paul Gepts -- The dynamics of rice domestication: a balance between gene flow and genetic isolation / Susan R. McCouch [and others] -- Domestication of lima beans: a new look at an old problem / M.I. Chacon S. [and others] -- Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and yam (Dioscorea trifida L.) landraces in swidden agriculture systems in Brazil / Elizabeth A. Veasey [and others] -- Pigeonpea: from an orphan to a leader in food legumes / C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda [and others] -- Traditional management of biodiversity / Stephen Brush -- Ecological approaches to crop domestication / D.B. McKey [and others] -- Agrobiodiversity shifts on three continents since Vavilov and Harlan: assessing causes, processes and implications for food security / Gary Paul Nabhan [and others] -- Indigenous peoples conserving, managing, and creating biodiversity / Jan Salick -- Land architecture in the Maya lowlands: implications for sustainability / B.L. Turner II and Deborah Lawrence -- Agrobiodiversity and water resources in agricultural landscape evolution (Andean Valley irrigation, Bolivia, 1986 to 2008) / Karl S. Zimmerer -- Uses of biodiversity and new and future domestications / Patrick McGuire and Calvin Qualset -- Participatory domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees: new crops for sustainable agriculture in developing countries / Roger R.B. Leakey -- The introduction and dispersal of Vitis vinifera into California: a case study of the interaction of man, plants, economics, and environment / James Lapsley -- Genetic resources of yeast and other micro-organisms / Charles W. Bamforth -- Biodiversity of native bees and crop pollination with emphasis on California / Robbin W. Thorp -- Aquaculture, the next wave of domestication / Dennis Hedgecock -- Genetic sustainability and biodiversity: challenges to the California dairy industry / Juan F. Medrano. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461104803321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity in agriculture : domestication, evolution, and sustainability / / edited by Paul Gepts [and others] [[electronic resource]]
| Biodiversity in agriculture : domestication, evolution, and sustainability / / edited by Paul Gepts [and others] [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 606 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 631.5/8 |
| Soggetto topico | Agrobiodiversity |
| ISBN |
1-139-23417-X
1-107-22487-X 1-280-56896-8 9786613598561 1-139-23266-5 1-139-01951-1 1-139-23043-3 1-139-22899-4 1-139-23190-1 1-139-23344-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The local origins of domestication / Jared Diamond -- Early steps in agricultural domestication / Robert Bettinger -- Evolution of agro-ecosystems: biodiversity, origins and differential development / David R. Harris -- From foraging to farming in western and eastern Asia 151 / Ofer Bar-Yosef -- Predomestic cultivation during the late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the northern Levant / George Willcox -- New archaeobotanical information on plant domestication from macro-remains: tracking the evolution of domestication syndrome traits / Dorian Q. Fuller -- New archaeobotanical information on early cultivation and plant domestication involving microplant remains / Dolores R. Piperno -- How and why did agriculture spread? / Peter Bellwood -- California Indian proto-agriculture: its characterization and legacy / Kat Anderson and Eric Wohlgemuth -- Domestication of animals and impacts on humans / Thomas Famula -- Pathways to animal domestication / Melinda A. Zeder -- Genetics of animal domestication / Leif Andersson -- Genome-wide approaches for the study of dog domestication / Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Melissa M. Gray, and Robert K. Wayne -- Malaria and rickets represent selective forces for the convergent evolution of adult lactase persistence / Loren Cordain, Mathew S. Hickley, and Kami Kim -- Issues in plant domestication / Paul Gepts -- The dynamics of rice domestication: a balance between gene flow and genetic isolation / Susan R. McCouch [and others] -- Domestication of lima beans: a new look at an old problem / M.I. Chacon S. [and others] -- Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and yam (Dioscorea trifida L.) landraces in swidden agriculture systems in Brazil / Elizabeth A. Veasey [and others] -- Pigeonpea: from an orphan to a leader in food legumes / C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda [and others] -- Traditional management of biodiversity / Stephen Brush -- Ecological approaches to crop domestication / D.B. McKey [and others] -- Agrobiodiversity shifts on three continents since Vavilov and Harlan: assessing causes, processes and implications for food security / Gary Paul Nabhan [and others] -- Indigenous peoples conserving, managing, and creating biodiversity / Jan Salick -- Land architecture in the Maya lowlands: implications for sustainability / B.L. Turner II and Deborah Lawrence -- Agrobiodiversity and water resources in agricultural landscape evolution (Andean Valley irrigation, Bolivia, 1986 to 2008) / Karl S. Zimmerer -- Uses of biodiversity and new and future domestications / Patrick McGuire and Calvin Qualset -- Participatory domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees: new crops for sustainable agriculture in developing countries / Roger R.B. Leakey -- The introduction and dispersal of Vitis vinifera into California: a case study of the interaction of man, plants, economics, and environment / James Lapsley -- Genetic resources of yeast and other micro-organisms / Charles W. Bamforth -- Biodiversity of native bees and crop pollination with emphasis on California / Robbin W. Thorp -- Aquaculture, the next wave of domestication / Dennis Hedgecock -- Genetic sustainability and biodiversity: challenges to the California dairy industry / Juan F. Medrano. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790200303321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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