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Biological soil quality from biomass to biodiversity - importance and resilience to management stres
By Brussaard, L. Kuyper, T. W. Didden, W. A. M. Goede, R. G. M. de Bloem, J.
2004 (H ISBN 9780851996714)
We think of the soil as a living system, where many, if not most, physical and chemical properties and processes are mediated by the soil biota, affec...
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Community seed systems and the biodiversity of millet crops in southern India.
By Nagarajan, L. Smale, M.
2005 (H ISBN 9780851990835)
This chapter expands the approach of Chapter 11 [Determinants of cereal diversity in villages of northern Ethiopia, by B. Gebremedhin, M. Smale and J....
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Cover crops effects on plant and insect biodiversity in Western Australian vineyards.
By Dinatale, A. Pardini, A. Argenti, G.
2005 (H ISBN 9781845930011)
The clearing of large Eucalyptus forests in Mediterranean Australia caused negative effects on hydrological balance. The reintroduction of trees and s...
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Institutions, stakeholders and the management of crop biodiversity on Hungarian family farms.
By Bela, G. Balázs, B. Pataki, G.
2005 (H ISBN 9780851990835)
This chapter analyses the management of crop biodiversity on Hungarian family farms from the perspective of institutional environmental economics. Pro...
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Managing rice biodiversity on farms: the choices of farmers and breeders in Nepal.
By Gauchan, D. Smale, M. Maxted, N. Cole, M.
2005 (H ISBN 9780851990835)
Farmers’ choices, given the constraints they face, determine whether or not genetic resources of value to society for future crop improvement continue...
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Sacred mountain forests and biodiversity.
By Ramakrishnan, P. S.
2000 (H ISBN 9780851994468)
Including 2 case studies on environmental perception and the sacred in the southern Andes, northern Chile (Castro, V.) and sacred forests in the Sierr...
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Plant genetic resources and conservation of biodiversity.
By Sardana, S. Mohar Singh Sharma, S. K. Neha Rajan
2011 (H ISBN 9781845937669)
In this chapter the importance and aims of conserving the diverse plant genetic resources as well as the guidelines and techniques of preserving these...
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Non-target and biodiversity impacts in soil.
By Hagler, L. C. M. Melo, I. S. de Valadares-Inglis, M. C. Anyango, B. M. Siqueira, J. O. Pham Van Toan Wheatley, R. E.
2006 (H ISBN 9781845930004)
In this chapter, functional group soil ecosystem processes are described, and prioritized for case-specific testing, based on the exposure pathway (as...
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Predicting biodiversity dynamics of grasslands under global change: the role of long-term manipulati
By Askew, A. P. Fridley, J. D. Grime, J. P.
2011 (H ISBN 9781845938093)
This chapter develops the important feature that grassland biodiversity has to be viewed in relation to climate changes, and that long-term experiment...
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Farmer demand for agricultural biodiversity in Hungary's transition economy: a choice experiment app
By Birol, E. Kontoleon, A. Smale, M.
2005 (H ISBN 9780851990835)
This chapter relates economic development and transition with farmer demand for four components of agricultural biodiversity found on family farms in ...
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