Agroecology Current Issues For Discussion

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Diversified Cropping Systems Fire and Noxious Weed Spread
2000 Post Farm Rotation Study (Diversified Cropping Systems)
Using crop diversity in no-till and organic systems to reduce inputs and increase profits and sustainability in the Northern Great Plains
Greenhouse Gases in Intensive Agriculture: Contributions of Individual Gases to the Radiative Forcing of the Atmosphere
Experimental evidence on the importance of disturbance intensity for invasion of Lantana camara L. in dry rainforest-open forest ecotones in north-eastern NSW, Australia
Biodiversity & GMO's Food Safety, Labeling & GMO's
Ecological Society on GMO's
Predictions of Biodiversity Response to Genetically Modified Herbicide-Tolerant Crops. Watkinson et al., 2000
Genetically Modified Crops and Farmland Biodiversity. Firbank &Forcella,2000
A field study with genetically engineered alfalfa inoculated with recombinant Sinorhizobium meliloti: effects on the soil ecosystem
Releasing genetically modified organisms: will any harm outweigh any advantage?
Grains of Hope
The Farm Scale Evaluations of spring-sown genetically modified crops (2003)
Science News Overview
Cause for Controversy:
Genetically Engineered Wheat and Montana
Are Bioengineered Foods Safe? - FDA  Consumer magazine
GMO Labeling: Threat or Opportunity? - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Labeling Policy for GMO's: To Each His Own? - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Organic vs conventional agriculture
More on Biodiversity Bioindicators
Have Ecologists Oversold Biodiversity? - Some scientists question experiments on how numerous species help ecosystems
http://chronicle.com/colloquy - The Chronicle of Higher Education; "an opportunity to comment on vital issues affecting higher education"
Transgenic Plants Used as The "canary in the coal mine"
The Functional Group Concept  
ESA Symposium, 2001, Madison, WI

 

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