Course: SAT 100 Principles of Agroecology

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments

Read Chapter 6, "Humidity and Rainfall" and Chapter 7, "Wind" in Gliessman book

Chapter 6 looks at the effect of the amount of humidity in the atmosphere and the average amount of rainfall in a given agroecosystem. Is there enough rainfall, or if necessary, a source of water to irrigate the crops?

Chapter 7 examines the effect of wind in the agroecosystem, such as damage to the physical plant itself and particles transported through the wind that can affect plants. The effects of wind can make these environmental items very complex and difficult to understand.