tailieunhanh - LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY in AGROECOSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

In response to a growing need to bridge aspects of geography and ecology, Troll (1950, 1968) coined the term “landscape ecology,” which was adopted as a new scientific discipline. According to Troll (1968), the landscape can be studied in terms of its morphology, classification, and changes in time (history), as well as the functional relationships between its components, which he called landscape ecology. Troll also considered that problems of landscape protection as well as management should be included in geographical analyses of landscapes. Although these fields of landscape study are closely interrelated, the first three depend on a geographical approach, whereas the second two are ecological | landscape ECOLOGY in AGROECOSY STEMS Management 2002 by CRC Press LLC Advances in Agroecology Series Editor Clive A. Edwards Soil Ecology in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lijbert Brussaard and Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Wanda Williams Collins and Calvin O. Qualset Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Louise E. Buck James P. Lassoie and Erick . Fernandes Agroecosystem Sustainability Developing Practical Strategies Stephen R. Gliessman Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities Cornelia Flora Structure and Function in Agroecosystem Design and Management Masae Shiyomi and Hiroshi Koizumi Advisory Board Editor-in-Chief Clive A. Edwards The Ohio State University Columbus OH Editorial Board Miguel Altieri University of California Berkeley CA Lijbert Brussaard Agricultural University Wageningen The Netherlands David Coleman University of Georgia Athens GA . Crossley Jr. University of Georgia Athens GA Adel El-Titi Stuttgart Germany Charles A. Francis University of Nebraska Lincoln NE Stephen R. Gliessman University of California Santa Cruz Thurman Grove North Carolina State University Raleigh NC Maurizio Paoletti University of Padova Padova Italy David Pimentel Cornell University Ithaca NY Masae Shiyomi Ibaraki University Mito Japan Sir Colin . Spedding Berkshire England Moham K. Wali The Ohio State University Columbus OH 2002 by CRC Press LLC landscape ECOLOGYin AGROECOSYSTEMS management Edited by Lech Ryszkowski CRC PRESS Boca Raton London New York Washington . 2002 by CRC Press .