Agricultural Ecology

by Joy Tivy

Overview

This book analyses the nature of the relationships between crops, livestock and the bio-physical environment, and the extent to which man has managed and modified the products and environment to suit his/her own particular needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138401600
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2017
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. The agro-ecosystem. 2. Crops. 3. Agroclimate. 4. The cultivated soil. 5. Nutrient cycling. 6. Agricultural productivity. 7. Domestic livestock. 8. Land capability for agriculture. 9. Pastoral farming. 10. The humid tropical lowlands. 11. Rice. 12. Dryland agriculture. 13. Irrigation agriculture. 14. Intensive agriculture. 15. Agriculture and the environment.