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Coffee agroecology : a new approach to understanding agricultural biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainable development / Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015Description: xxi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415826808 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 9780415826815 (pbk : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB269
Contents:
Wake up and smell the coffee (or a tale of two farms) -- A biodiverse cup of coffee : coffee agroforests as repositories of tropical biodiversity -- The coffee agroecosystem as a high-quality matrix -- Space matters : large scale spatial ecology within the coffee agroecosystem -- Who's eating whom and how : trophic and trait-mediated cascades in the coffee agroecosystem -- Interactions across spatial scales -- Biodiversity and ecosystem services -- Coffee, the agroecological landscape, and farmer's livelihoods -- Syndromes of coffee production : embracing sustainability.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-327) and index.

Wake up and smell the coffee (or a tale of two farms) -- A biodiverse cup of coffee : coffee agroforests as repositories of tropical biodiversity -- The coffee agroecosystem as a high-quality matrix -- Space matters : large scale spatial ecology within the coffee agroecosystem -- Who's eating whom and how : trophic and trait-mediated cascades in the coffee agroecosystem -- Interactions across spatial scales -- Biodiversity and ecosystem services -- Coffee, the agroecological landscape, and farmer's livelihoods -- Syndromes of coffee production : embracing sustainability.

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