Ecological Interactions: a central aspect in the redesign of Sustainable Agroecosystems, based on Agroecology

Authors

  • María Fernanda Paleologos CONICET- UNLP; Cátedra de Agroecología, FCAyF. Calle 60 y 117 S/N° La Plata. Argentina.
  • María José Iermanó CONICET- INTA- EEA; Ruta 27- Km 38,3. 3432 Bella Vista, Corrientes. Argentina.
  • María Luz Blandi CONICET- UNLP; Cátedra de Agroecología, FCAyF. Calle 60 y 117 S/N° La Plata. Argentina.
  • Santiago Javier Sarandón CIC- UNLP; Cátedra de Agroecología, FCAyF. Calle 60 y 117 S/N° La Plata. Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v22i2.9346

Keywords:

Agrobiodiversity. Ecology of populations. Ecological niche. Resources.

Abstract

Agroecology emerges as a new paradigm of the agricultural sciences to generate knowledge for the evaluation, design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. One of the biggest challenges today is to reduce or eliminate the use of inputs (expensive and dangerous). This requires changes in the design and management of agroecosystems in order to strengthen the ecological processes that the present biodiversity provides. These ecological services are the product of many interactions between the different components of the cultivated and spontaneous biodiversity in agroecosystems. Manipulating this biodiversity successfully in order to optimize positive interactions and reduce negative ones requires knowledge of ecology to understand the functioning of agroecosystems as complex systems. This chapter addresses the main knowledge to be taken into account and its usefulness is analyzed with an example in Argentinean pampean systems.

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Author Biographies

María Fernanda Paleologos, CONICET- UNLP; Cátedra de Agroecología, FCAyF. Calle 60 y 117 S/N° La Plata. Argentina.

Licenciada en Biología y Doctora en Ciencias Naturales- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo-UNLP. Docente Curso de Agroecología- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales- UNLP. Investigador Asistente Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

María José Iermanó, CONICET- INTA- EEA; Ruta 27- Km 38,3. 3432 Bella Vista, Corrientes. Argentina.

Ingeniera Agrónoma y Doctora de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales (UNLP). Becaria posdoctoral-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

María Luz Blandi, CONICET- UNLP; Cátedra de Agroecología, FCAyF. Calle 60 y 117 S/N° La Plata. Argentina.

Ingeniera Agrónoma y Doctora de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales (UNLP). Becaria posdoctoral-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

Santiago Javier Sarandón, CIC- UNLP; Cátedra de Agroecología, FCAyF. Calle 60 y 117 S/N° La Plata. Argentina.

Ingeniero Agrónomo- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales- UNLP. Profesor Titular Curso de Agroecología de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales- UNLP. Investigador Principal Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Bs. As (CIC).

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Published

2017-04-30

How to Cite

Paleologos, M. F., Iermanó, M. J., Blandi, M. L., & Sarandón, S. J. (2017). Ecological Interactions: a central aspect in the redesign of Sustainable Agroecosystems, based on Agroecology. Redes , 22(2), 92-115. https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v22i2.9346

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2017): Agroecologia

Section

Agroecologia

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