Ecological evolutionary developmental biology in dialogue with agroecology: The Milpa as model system

The fields of agroecology and ecological evolutionary developmental biology  (eco-evo-devo) have been performing somewhat parallel efforts of synthesis. On the one hand, agroecology has incorporated knowledge from different disciplinary sources, among which are of course ecology, agronomy and, in a ...

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Author: Benitez, Mariana
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:INTERdisciplina
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/63381
Online Access:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/inter/article/view/63381
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:agroecology
eco-evo-devo
agrobiodiversity conservation
phenotypic plasticity
agricultural production
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Summary:The fields of agroecology and ecological evolutionary developmental biology  (eco-evo-devo) have been performing somewhat parallel efforts of synthesis. On the one hand, agroecology has incorporated knowledge from different disciplinary sources, among which are of course ecology, agronomy and, in a  less extent, other scientific disciplines. It has also embraced local and traditional agricultural knowledge. On the other hand, during the last decades a large effort has aimed to integrate diverse theories, evidence and tools from ecology, developmental and evolutionary biology in what has been called eco-evo-devo.