[PDF] Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Third Edition Gliessman, Stephen R

Table of contents : Content: Sec. I. Introduction to agroecology — Case for fundamental change in agriculture — Agroecology and the agroecosystem concept — Sec. II. Plants and abiotic factors of the environment — The plant — Light — Temperature — Humidity and rainfall — Wind — Soil — Water in the soil — Fire — Sec. III. A more complete autecological perspective — Biotic factors — The environmental complex — Heterotrophic organisms — Sec. IV. System-level interactions — Population ecology of agroecosystems — Genetic resources in agroecosystems — Species interactions in crop communities — Agroecosystem diversity — Disturbance, succession, and agroecosystem management — Animals in agroecosystems — Landscape diversity — Sec. V. The transition to sustainability — Converting to ecologically based management — Indicators of sustainability — Sec. VI. Bringing about a sustainable world food system — Agriculture, society, and agroecology — Community and culture in the remaking of the food system — From sustainable agroecosystems to a sustainable food system