1. Natural systems as models for the design of sustainable systems of land use

   • J. J. Ewel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 21

2. Preface

   • E. C. Lefroy
   • R. J. Hobbs
   • J. S. Pate

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 9

3. How much biodiversity is enough?

   • A. R. Main

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 41

4. Moving from descriptive to predictive ecology

   • R. J. Hobbs
   • S. R. Morton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 55

5. The dehesa system of southern Spain and Portugal as a natural ecosystem mimic

   • R. Joffre
   • S. Rambal
   • J. P. Ratte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 79

6. Multispecies cropping systems in India: Predictions of their productivity, stability, resilience and ecological sustainability

   • B. R. Trenbath

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 107

7. Why tree-crop interactions in agroforestry appear at odds with tree-grass interactions in tropical savannahs

   • C. K. Ong
   • R. R. B. Leakey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 129

8. Can the ecosystem mimic hypotheses be applied to farms in African savannahs?

   • M. van Noordwijk
   • C. K. Ong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 158

9. Soil community composition and ecosystem processes: Comparing agricultural ecosystems with natural ecosystems

   • D. A. Neher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 185

10. The problem of irrigated horticulture: matching the biophysical efficiency with the economic efficiency

    • R. J. Stirzaker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 202

11. Towards achieving functional ecosystem mimicry with respect to water cycling in southern Australian agriculture

    • T. J. Hatton
    • R. A. Nulsen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 214

12. Nutrient cycling and growth in forest ecosystems of south western Australia: Relevance to agricultural landscapes

    • P. F. Grierson
    • M. A. Adams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 244

13. Assessing the performance of woody plants in uptake and utilisation of carbon, water and nutrients: Implications for designing agricultural mimic systems

    • J. S. Pate
    • T. E. Dawson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 275

14. Agroforestry for water management in the cropping zone of southern Australia

    • E. C. Lefroy
    • R. J. Stirzaker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 302

15. Application of the ecosystem mimic concept to the species-rich Banksia woodlands of Western Australia

    • J. S. Pate
    • T. L. Bell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 341

16. Can agricultural management emulate natural ecosystems in recharge control in south eastern Australia?

    • F. X. Dunin
    • J. Williams
    • B. A. Keating

    OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 364

17. Designing mimics from incomplete data sets: salmon gum woodland and heathland ecosystems in South West Australia

    • R. J. Hobbs
    • M. H. O'Connor

    OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 394

18. Social and economic challenges in the development of complex farming systems

    • D. J. Pannell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 411

19. Can we bring about a perennuially peopled and productive countryside?

    • J. B. Passioura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 423

20. What can agriculture learn from natural ecosystems?

    • E. C. Lefroy
    • R. J. Hobbs
    • J. S. Pate

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 438