Ecological Networks in an Agricultural World

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Preface: Editorial Commentary: The Potential for Network Approaches to Improve Knowledge, Understanding, and Prediction of the Structure and Functioning of Agricultural Systems

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Chapter One. Networking Agroecology: Integrating the Diversity of Agroecosystem Interactions

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 What is a Network?

3 The Agricultural Landscape as a Network of Agricultural, Semi-natural and Natural Habitats

4 Linking Structure, Functioning and Services

5 Evaluating and Predicting Ecosystem Change

6 Conclusion

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Glossary

Chapter Two. Connecting the Green and Brown Worlds: Allometric and Stoichiometric Predictability of Above- and Below-Ground Networks

Abstract

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 Aims and Rationale

3 Can a Stoichiometrically Explicit First Trophic Level Be Parameterised?

4 The Advantages of Stoichiometric Plasticity

5 Constrained Resources, Isotopic Signatures and Networks

6 Antagonism Above, Mutualism Below: Nature or Agriculture?

7 Scaling Stoichiometry Provides a Bridge to Ecosystem Processes

8 Be Explicit: Can We Reach a Consensus?

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Chapter Three. Empirically Characterising Trophic Networks: What Emerging DNA-Based Methods, Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses Can Offer

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Molecular Approaches to Analyse Trophic Interactions

3 Stable Isotope Analysis

4 Fatty Acid Analysis

5 Which Approach to Choose, How to Start and How to Interpret the Data?

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Glossary

Chapter Four. Construction and Validation of Food Webs Using Logic-Based Machine Learning and Text Mining

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Methods

3 Results

4 Discussion and Conclusions

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Chapter Five. Interaction Networks in Agricultural Landscape Mosaics

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Ecological Patterns and Processes in Spatially Structured Ecosystems

3 The Goals of Agricultural Landscape Mosaics Studies: Management for Crop Production and Other Ecosystem Services

4 Specific Properties of Agricultural Landscape Mosaics: Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity

5 Metaecosystems and Agricultural Landscape Mosaics

6 Conclusion

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Chapter Six. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Agricultural Networks: Implications for Sustainable Management

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Within Field, Applying Evolutionary Perspectives to the Selection of Agricultural Species

3 Disturbances Due to Agriculture: Implications for Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics Within Surrounding Ecosystems

4 Accounting for Spatial Heterogeneities: Dispersal, Fragmentation, and Evolution in Agricultural Landscapes

5 Perspectives and Challenges

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Glossary

Chapter Seven. Modelling Interaction Networks for Enhanced Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Which Network Model for Which Ecosystem Service Question?

3 Toward a Comprehensive Approach That Links Networks and Services

4 Conclusions and Future Directions

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Index

Advances in Ecological Research Volume 1–49