TY - BOOK AU - Gliessman, Stephen R. AU - Engles, Eric W. TI - Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems SN - 9781439895610 U1 - 631.5 PY - 2015/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press, KW - Agricultural Ecology KW - Agricultural Systems N1 - 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 ER -