Coffee agroecology a new approach to understanding agricultural biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable development / [electronic resource] :
Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 336 p.) : ill. (some col.).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Wake up and smell the coffee (or, A tale of two farms) -- 2. A biodiverse cup of coffee : coffee agroforests as repositories of tropical biodiversity -- 3. The coffee agroecosystem as a high-quality matrix -- 4. Space matters : large scale spatial ecology within the coffee agroecosystem -- 5. Who's eating whom and how : trophic and trait-mediated cascades in the coffee agroecosystem -- 6. Interactions across spatial scales -- 7. Biodiversity and ecosystem services -- 8. Coffee, the agroecological landscape, and farmer's livelihoods -- 9. Syndromes of coffee production : embracing sustainability.