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The farm as natural habitat : reconnecting food systems with ecosystems

Title: The farm as natural habitat : reconnecting food systems with ecosystems / edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Jackson, Dana L.

Description

xii, 297 pages; 24 cm

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

Foreword / Nina Leopold Bradley -- Introduction / Laura L. Jackson and Dana L. Jackson -- Pt. I. Agriculture as Ecological Sacrifice. Ch. 1. The Farm as Natural Habitat / Dana L. Jackson. Ch. 2. Nature's Backlash / Brian A. DeVore. Ch. 3. The Farm, the Nature Preserve, and the Conservation Biologist / Laura L. Jackson -- Pt. II. Restoring Nature on Farms. Ch. 4. Return to Coon Valley / Arthur S. (Tex) Hawkins. Ch. 5. Reading the Land Together / Wellington (Buddy) Huffaker. Ch. 6. When Farmers Shut Off the Machinery / Brian A. DeVore. Ch. 7. Stewards of the Wild / Brian A. DeVore. Ch. 8. Why Do They Do It? / Brian A. DeVore -- Pt. III. Ecosystem Management and Farmlands. Ch. 9. Nature and Farming in Britain / Heather J. Robertson and Richard G. Jefferson. Ch. 10. Restoring Prairie Processes to Farmlands / Laura L. Jackson. Ch. 11. Sustaining Production with Biodiversity / Nicholas R. Jordan. Ch. 12. Conservation and Agriculture as Neighbors / Judith D. Soule.
Ch. 13. Integrating Wetland Habitat with Agriculture / Carol Shennan and Collin A. Bode -- Pt. IV. Steps Toward Agroecological Restoration. Ch. 14. Composing a Landscape / Rhonda R. Janke. Ch. 15. After the Deluge: Integrated Watershed Management in the Red River Valley / Cheryl Miller. Ch. 16. A Refined Taste in Natural Objects / Beth E. Waterhouse. Ch. 17. Food and Biodiversity / Dana L. Jackson. Ch. 18. Agriculture as a Public Good / George M. Boody.

ISBN

155963846X (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002002902

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries