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domestication, evolution, and sustainability

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An edition of Biodiversity in agriculture (2012)

Biodiversity in agriculture

domestication, evolution, and sustainability

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Bringing together research from a range of fields including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, economics, entomology, ethnobiology, genetics, and geography, this book addresses key questions relating to agriculture. Why did agriculture develop, and where did it originate? What are the patterns of domestication for plants and animals? How did agroecosystems originate and spread from their locations of origin? Exploring the cultural aspects of the development of agricultural ecosystems, the book also highlights how these topics can be applied to our understanding of contemporary agriculture, its long-term sustainability, the co-existence of agriculture and the environment, and the development of new crops and varieties.--COVER.

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Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Pages
606

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Table of Contents

The local origins of domestication / Jared Diamond
Early steps in agricultural domestication / Robert Bettinger
Evolution of agro-ecosystems: biodiversity, origins and differential development / David R. Harris
From foraging to farming in western and eastern Asia 151 / Ofer Bar-Yosef
Predomestic cultivation during the late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the northern Levant / George Willcox
New archaeobotanical information on plant domestication from macro-remains: tracking the evolution of domestication syndrome traits / Dorian Q. Fuller
New archaeobotanical information on early cultivation and plant domestication involving microplant remains / Dolores R. Piperno
How and why did agriculture spread? / Peter Bellwood
California Indian proto-agriculture: its characterization and legacy / Kat Anderson and Eric Wohlgemuth
Domestication of animals and impacts on humans / Thomas Famula
Pathways to animal domestication / Melinda A. Zeder
Genetics of animal domestication / Leif Andersson
Genome-wide approaches for the study of dog domestication / Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Melissa M. Gray, and Robert K. Wayne
Malaria and rickets represent selective forces for the convergent evolution of adult lactase persistence / Loren Cordain, Mathew S. Hickley, and Kami Kim
Issues in plant domestication / Paul Gepts
The dynamics of rice domestication: a balance between gene flow and genetic isolation / Susan R. McCouch ... [et al.]
Domestication of lima beans: a new look at an old problem / M.I. Chacon S. ... [et al.]
Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and yam (Dioscorea trifida L.) landraces in swidden agriculture systems in Brazil / Elizabeth A. Veasey ... [et al.]
Pigeonpea: from an orphan to a leader in food legumes / C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda ... [et al.]
Traditional management of biodiversity / Stephen Brush
Ecological approaches to crop domestication / D.B. McKey ... [et al.]
Agrobiodiversity shifts on three continents since Vavilov and Harlan: assessing causes, processes and implications for food security / Gary Paul Nabhan ... [et al.]
Indigenous peoples conserving, managing, and creating biodiversity / Jan Salick
Land architecture in the Maya lowlands: implications for sustainability / B.L. Turner II and Deborah Lawrence
Agrobiodiversity and water resources in agricultural landscape evolution (Andean Valley irrigation, Bolivia, 1986 to 2008) / Karl S. Zimmerer
Uses of biodiversity and new and future domestications / Patrick McGuire and Calvin Qualset
Participatory domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees: new crops for sustainable agriculture in developing countries / Roger R.B. Leakey
The introduction and dispersal of Vitis vinifera into California: a case study of the interaction of man, plants, economics, and environment / James Lapsley
Genetic resources of yeast and other micro-organisms / Charles W. Bamforth
Biodiversity of native bees and crop pollination with emphasis on California / Robbin W. Thorp
Aquaculture, the next wave of domestication / Dennis Hedgecock
Genetic sustainability and biodiversity: challenges to the California dairy industry / Juan F. Medrano.

Edition Notes

"The presentations of the second edition of the Harlan Symposium, held September 14-18, 2008, on the campus of the University of California, Davis ..."--Foreword.

Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
631.5/8
Library of Congress
S494.5.A43 H37 2008, S494.5.A43H37 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
606

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OL25304967M
ISBN 13
9780521764599, 9780521170871
LCCN
2011026300
OCLC/WorldCat
743298755

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OL16624543W

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