Research Catalog

Title

Long-term experiments in agricultural and ecological sciences : proceedings of a conference to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rothamsted Experimental Station, held at Rothamsted, 14-17 July 1993 / edited by R.A. Leigh, A.E. Johnston.

Publication

Wallingford : CAB International, c1994.

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Additional Authors

• Leigh, R. A. (Roger A.)
• Johnston, A. E.
• C.A.B. International
• Rothamsted Experimental Station

Description

xiv, 428 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Various long-term experiments in the USA, Australia, Eastern Europe and Africa are described. Also chapters on long-term studies of climate-vegetation relationships, tropical forest dynamics, bird populations and planktonic communities as monitors of marine environmental change are included. It illustrates that long-term experimentation and monitoring are vitally important in understanding changes that are occurring in the environment and the way they interact with agriculture and natural ecosystems

Alternative Title

Long term experiments in agricultural and ecological sciences

Subject

• Agriculture > Research > Congresses
• Agriculture > Longitudinal studies > Congresses
• Agriculture > Experimentation > Congresses
• Ecology > Research > Congresses
• Ecology > Longitudinal studies > Congresses
• Ecology > Experiments > Congresses
• Agriculture > Experiments > Congresses
• Agriculture Research
• Ecology Research

Genre/Form

Harpenden (1993)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface / R.A. Leigh and A.E. Johnston -- Foreword / T. Lewis -- I. The Contribution of Long-term Experiments to Agriculture and Forestry. 1. The Importance of Long-term Experimentation / T.R.E. Southwood. 2. The Rothamsted Classical Experiments / A.E. Johnston. 3. The Sanborn Field Experiment / J.R. Brown. 4. Long-term Field Trials in Australia / P. Grace and J.M. Oades. 5. Long-term Experimentation in Forestry and Site Change / Julian Evans -- II. Unforeseen Uses and Benefits of Long-term Field Experiments. 6. Quantification of Nutrient Cycles Using Long-term Experiments / D.S. Powlson. 7. How the Rothamsted Classical Experiments Have Been Used to Develop and Test Models for the Turnover of Carbon and Nitrogen in Soil / D.S. Jenkinson, N.J. Bradbury and K. Coleman. 8. Polyetic Epidemics by Plan or Contingency / J.C. Zadoks. 9. Historical Monitoring of Organic Contaminants in Soils / K.C. Jones, A.E. Johnston and S.P. McGrath. 10. Statistics and the Long-term Experiments: Past Achievements and Future Challenges / V. Barnett -- III. Current Needs for Long-term Experiments in the Development of Agriculture. 11. Long-term Cropping Experiments in Developing Countries: The Need, the History and the Future / D.J. Greenland. 12. Long-term Agricultural Experiments in Eastern Europe. I. Long-term Continuous Experiments in Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovakia / S. Mercik. II. Some Recent Results from the Long-term Experiment at Fundulea, Romania / V. Mihaila and C. Hera. 13. Long-term Experiments in Africa: Developing a Database for Sustainable Land Use under Global Change / M.J. Swift, P.D. Seward, P.G.H. Frost, J.N. Qureshi and F.N. Muchena. 14. The Management of Long-term Agricultural Field Experiments: Procedures and Policies Evolved from the Rothamsted Classical Experiments / R.A. Leigh, R.D. Prew and A.E. Johnston -- IV. Monitoring Long-term Ecosystems, Population Dynamics and Environmental Change. 15. Climate-Vegetation Relationships in the Bibury Road Verge Experiments / J.P. Grime, A.J. Willis, R. Hunt and N.P. Dunnett. 16. The Park Grass Experiment: Insights from the Most Long-term Ecological Study / D. Tilman, M.E. Dodd, J. Silvertown, P.R. Poulton, A.E. Johnston and M.J. Crawley. 17. Long-term Studies of Tropical Forest Dynamics / M.D. Swaine. 18. Flying in the Face of Change: The Rothamsted Insect Survey / I.P. Woiwod and R. Harrington. 19. Long-term Studies and Monitoring of Bird Populations / J.J.D. Greenwood, S.R. Baillie and H.Q.P. Crick. 20. Long-term Planktonic Time Series as Monitors of Marine Environmental Change / J.C. Gamble. 21. The Sensitivity of Freshwater Planktonic Communities to Environmental Change: Monitoring, Mechanisms and Models / S.C. Maberly, C.S. Reynolds, D.G. George, E.Y. Haworth and J.W.G. Lund. 22. Monitoring Environmental Change Through Networks / P.B. Tinker.

ISBN

0851989330

LCCN

gb^95018884^

OCLC

• 32131176
• SCSB-10219686

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