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    The farm as natural habitat : reconnecting food systems with ecosystems / edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson.

    • Title:The farm as natural habitat : reconnecting food systems with ecosystems / edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Jackson, Dana L.
      Jackson, Laura L.
    • Published/Created:Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Agricultural ecology.
      Agrobiodiversity.
      Agrobiodiversity conservation.
    • Description:xii, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:155963846X (alk. paper)
      1559638478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Foreword / Nina Leopold Bradley
      Introduction / Laura L. Jackson and Dana L. Jackson
      Pt. I. Agriculture as Ecological Sacrifice
      Ch. 1. Farm as Natural Habitat / Dana L. Jackson
      Ch. 2. Nature's Backlash / Brian A. DeVore
      Ch. 3. 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. 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.
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