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Structure and Function
in Agroecosystem
Design and Management
Structure and Function
in Agroecosystem
Design and Management
Edited by
Masae Shiyomi
Hiroshi ... R.W. Spedding
Berkshire, England
Moham K. Wali
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data...
... Carter and Dale (1 974 ) and Ponting (1991), most
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... time intervals in the same area (Fischer and Stocklin, 1999). Habitat frag-
mentation combined with changes in grassland management and the land-
scape context have resulted in significant increases ... Page 54
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• How does grassland diversity vary in space and time?
• What determines the number of s...
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can be made between the individual-based models (e.g., Pacala and Silander,
1985) and cellular automaton ... 10:46 AM Page 75
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Timing of Control
More recently, interest in the threshold level at which...
... Grassland Res. Inst., (Japan) 39:24–39.
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Mortality rate
Amount in above-
ground ... carbon
dynamics in the paddy field ecosystem with respect to the inflow of car-
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... P.L. and Singh, J.S., 1 971 . Herbage dynamics and net primary production in cer-
tain ungrazed and grazed grasslands in North America, in
Preliminary Analysis of
Structure and Function in Grasslands,
N.R. ... grassland ecosystems of the world, under varying climatic con-
ditions. Singh and Yadava (1 974 ), Sims et al., (1 978 ), Sims and Singh (1 971 ,
1 978 a, 1 978...
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McGonigle, T.P. and Miller, M.H., 1996. Development of fungi below ground in asso-
ciation with plants growing in disturbed and ... root
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We have found that for cotton p...
... important role in their
survival and establishment, and species seen in agroecosystems are not
exceptional in this matter.
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Table 8.6 Percentage Occupancy of Dominant Phytoseii...
... outbreak increased some threefold every year
between 1 972 and 1 975 and doubled again in 1 976 . Gradually, the aggressive
strain spread all over Europe and by 1 977 it was noticed in Iran (Gibbs, 1 978 ).
Moreover, ... AM Page 190
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in the same field. Similar results were reported by Tien and Gusui...
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Table 12.4 Comparing Model ... help farmers in similar environments
and to decide the strategies for using their alpine meadows. Output of the
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