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New. Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem. It draws on the authors' own research conducted over the last twenty years as well as incorporating the vast literature that has been generated on coffee agroecosystems from around the world. The book uses an integrated approach that weaves together various lines of research to understand the ecology of a very diverse tropical agroforestry system. Key concepts explored include biodiversity patterns, metapopulation dynamics and ecological networks. These are all set in a socioeconomic and political framework which relates them to the realities of farmers' livelihoods. The authors provide a novel synthesis that will generate new understanding and can be applied to other examples of sustainable agriculture and food production. This synthesis also explains the…
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Coffee Agroecology: A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Paperback - 2015
by Ivette Perfecto; John VanderMeer
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- Title Coffee Agroecology: A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development
- Author Ivette Perfecto; John VanderMeer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International ed
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2015
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780415826815 / 0415826810
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Development Studies
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Coffee, Ecosystem management
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014012824
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.173
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