agricultural ecosystem

collocation in English

meaningsofagriculturalandecosystem

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agricultural
adjective
uk
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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ecosystem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈiː.kəʊˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/us
/ˈe.koʊˌsɪs.təm/
all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandecosystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What if these are caused by a poorly managedagriculturalecosystem?
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Firstly, do everything reasonably possible to build internal strengths into theagriculturalecosystem.
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Humans within theagriculturalecosystemare the nth degree consumers and are have the ability to make dietary decisions.
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Suitability of arable weeds as indicator organisms to evaluate species conservation effects of management in agricultural ecosystems.
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Australian agricultural ecosystems: searching for biophysical sustainability performance indicators.
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The insectivorous, carnivorous and most of the omnivorous birds help control the insect and rodent pests in the forest as well as in theagriculturalecosystemadjoining the forest.
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We would like agricultural ecosystems to demonstrate characteristics of strong ecosystems-efficiency, diversity, self-sufficiency, self-regulation and resilience.
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Net carbon flux from agricultural ecosystems: methodology for full carbon cycle analyses.
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Modeling trace gas emissions from agricultural ecosystems.
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Secondly, existing data on biodiversity do not fit the requirements of the theoretical constructs so far proposed (except for the more narrow focus on agricultural ecosystems).
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In sustainable agriculture, new products are less important than new knowledge and new ways of manipulating agricultural ecosystems.
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Principally, natural farming minimises human labour and adopts, as closely as practical, nature's production of foods such as rice, barley, daikon or citrus in biodiverse agricultural ecosystems.
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