Herbivore nutrition supporting sustainable intensification and agro-ecological approaches

Sustainable Intensification of Tropical Agro-Ecosystems: Need and Potentials

Rapid population growth, increasingly complex economies and novel industrial uses of agricultural products call for further intensification of agriculture, particularly in the tropics. How to achieve sustainable intensification of food production systems in tropical regions that are challenged by ongoing climate change, loss of natural resources and biodiversity is a matter of debate. Here we h...

Sustainable intensification of cultivated pastures using multiple herbivore species

Sustainable intensification of cultivated pastures using multiple herbivore species James P Muir, William D Pitman, Jamie L Foster & José C Dubeux Jr a Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Stephenville, TX, USA b Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Hill Farm Station, Homer, LA, USA c Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corpus Cristi, Beeville, TX, USA d North Florida Research and Education Center,...

Ecological approaches to human nutrition.

BACKGROUND Malnutrition affects a large number of people throughout the developing world. Approaches to reducing malnutrition rarely focus on ecology and agriculture to simultaneously improve human nutrition and environmental sustainability. However, evidence suggests that interdisciplinary approaches that combine the knowledge bases of these disciplines can serve as a central strategy in allev...

Ecological Biochemistry of Secondary Plant Compounds in Herbivore Nutrition

There are over 24,000 known secondary plant compounds including the alkaloids, non-protein amino acids, cyanogenic glycosides, terpenoids, saponins and flavonoids. Research has concentrated on toxicity and nutritional limitations of plants that result from the presence of secondary compounds. Secondary plant compounds have both anti-nutritional and toxic effects on mammalian herbivores. They al...

Sustainable process synthesis-intensification