長期的な農業生態系実験:農業の持続可能性と地球規模の変化の評価
1P. E. Rasmussen, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center, Pendleton, OR 97801, USA. K. W. T. Goulding, Institute of Arable Crops Research-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertford.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 30, 1998
まとめ
長期的な農業生態系実験 (LTAE) は,農業の持続可能性を評価し,地球規模の変化を予測するために不可欠です. より良いデータと予測のために,これらの重要な研究サイトをリンクするために,グローバルなネットワークが必要です.
科学分野:
- 農業科学 農業科学とは
- 環境科学 環境科学
- エコロジー エコロジー エコロジー
背景:
- 長期農業生態系実験 (LTAE) は,20年を超えるフィールド研究です.
- これらの実験では,作物生産,栄養素の循環,農業の環境への影響について調査しています.
- LTAEは,農業の持続可能性を評価し,世界的な変化を予測するために不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 既存のLTAEの体系的な評価を行う.
- 熱帯および亜熱帯地域のLTAEを特定するために.
- データ調整のための国際的なネットワークを提案する.
主な方法:
- 既知のLTAEの体系的な評価.
- 様々な地理的な場所での実験の特定.
- 国際ネットワークの設立に関する提案.
主要な成果:
- LTAEは,持続可能性とグローバルな変化の予測のための重要なデータを提供します.
- 既存のLTAEは,科学的検証のための貴重なリソースです.
- 熱帯および亜熱帯の環境でLTAEsを特定する際にはギャップが存在します.
結論:
- LTAEは,農業の持続可能性を理解するために不可欠です.
- 国際的なネットワークは,データ共有と予測の精度を向上させるだろう.
- グローバルなLTAEをマッピングし,接続するためにさらなる研究が必要です.
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