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Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems.See also
prescribed burn | dynamic equilibrium | shifting cultivation | safe site | vermicomposting | multiple cropping | landscape ecology | allelopathy | buffer zone | Land Utilization Type | relay cropping | commensalism | compensating factor | forest gardening | Masanobu Fukuoka | genetic erosion | protocooperationProtocooperation is where two species interact with each other beneficially; they have no need to interact with each other they interact purely for the gain that they receive from doing this. It is not at all necessary for protocooperation to occur growth | natural selectionAlternative meaning Natural Selection (computer game . Natural selection is the primary mechanism within the scientific theory of evolution, i. it alters the frequency of alleles within a population. It was first proposed as the main mechanism of evolutio | green manureGreen manure is the farming practice of plowing under certain crops to enrich the soil. In many farming systems, notably in organic farming, animal manure, either raw, dried, or fully composted, is applied to the soil as a way of replacing nutrients and i | trophic levelIn ecology, the trophic level is the position that an organism occupies in a food chain what it eats, and what eats it. Energy economy Wildlife biologists look at a natural " economy of energy" that ultimately rests upon solar power. When they look at an | heterosisHeterosis is increased strength of different characteristics in hybrids; the possibility to obtain a "better" individual by combining the virtues of its parents. mixed-breed dog This is commonly known as hybrid vigor . It is an observable phenomenon in wh | living mulch | niche diversity | permaculturePermaculture is the practice of designing sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. Origins In the mid 1970s, two Australian ecologists, Dr. Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, started to develop ideas that they hoped could be used to creat | open pollination | pollinator declinePollinator decline is based on observations made at the end of the twentieth century of the reduction in abundance of pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide. Pollinators participate in sexual reproduction of many plants, by ensuring cross- pollination, | primary succession | secondary succession | polyculture | monoculture | renewable resources | seed bank | soil life | synthetic variety | xerophyte
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