Forty-one contributors provide a technical overview and whole system framework of the relationships between dryland farming systems and catchment land and water quality in Australia. As a resource for both the academic and applied agricultural community, the volume's sections cover client needs/user involvement, indicators of catchment health, problems and processes in the linkage between such farming and land and water quality, and predictive models of these catchment systems' production and effects. Includes several color plates, appendices of Australian models and modeling groups, relevant computer programs, and a glossary for two of the sections. Distributed in the US by Accents Publications Service. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Anbieter: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, Australien
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. xxiv 416 pages. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. "Dryland farming is a major export earner for many temperate-zone countries, yet it continues to degrade a country's natural resources. Effects are not restricted to the land - changes in water quality can reduce the potential uses of water and bring about catastrophic changes in both freshwater and coastal ecosystems.Farming Action: Catchment Reaction provides a comprehensive technical overview of the relationships between dryland farming systems and catchment land and water quality in Australia, and integrates it in a whole system framework. It deals with the issues in terms of people, pointers, processes and prediction as it discusses social aspects of developing and implementing research to improve dryland farming systems in catchment management programs, indicators of catchment health, and the processes which determine the impact of the farming action on the catchment response. It concludes by considering the adequacy of our ability to use this process knowledge in models to predict the effect of dryland farming on catchment condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 019318
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Anbieter: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australien
Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. HEAVY. xxiv, 416pp, bw photos, diagrams, tables, appendixes, glossary, index. Soft cover with light wear at corners. The book provides 'a comprehensive overview of the relationships between dryland farming systems and catchment land and water quality in Australia and integrates it in a whole system framework. The book discusses social aspects of developing and implementing research, indicators of catchment health, the processes that determine the effect of farming action on catchment health and the use of models'. Size: 4to. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 014443
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