Reading Resources for Workshop Attendees

The following publications are intended to provide workshop attendees with a brief but necessary introduction to the topics of sustainable agriculture, sustainable viticulture, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and climate change adaptation.

Links to papers are provided below as attachments.

Core Reading

  1. Fiedler et. al. 2008. Maximizing ecosystem services from conservation biological control: The role of habitat management. Biological Control, 45, 2007, 254-271.
  2. Lohse, K. A, Newburn, D. A. & A.Merenlender. 2007. Forecasting relative impacts of land use on anadromous fish habitat to guide conservation planning. Ecological Applications, 18, 2007, 467-482.
  3. Norris, Ken. 2008. Agriculture and biodiversity conservation: opportunity knocks. Conservation Letters, 1: 2-11.
  4. Scherr, S. J. and J. A. McNeely. 2008. Biodiversity conservation and agricultural sustainability: towards a new paradigm of 'ecoagriculture' landscapes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 363: 477-494.
  5. Underwood, E.C., Viers, J.H., Klausmeyer, K.R., Cox, R.L., Shaw, M.R., 2009. Threats and biodiversity in the mediterranean biome. Divers. & Distrib. 15, 188-197.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Altieri et al. 2005. Manipulating vineyard biodiversity for improved insect pest management: case studies from northern California. International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management, 1: 1-13.
  2. Cahill, Kimberly Nicholas, & Field, Christopher B. 2008. Future of the Wine Industry: Climate Change Science. Practical Winery & Vineyard. March/April:1-9.
  3. Hilty, J, & Merenlender, A. (2004). Use of riparian corridors and vineyards by mammalian predators in northern California. Conservation biology, 18(1), 126-135.
  4. Jones, Gregory. 2006. Climate Change and wine: Observations, impacts and future implications. Wine Industry Journal, 21: 21-26.
  5. Silverman et al. 2005. The Greening of the California Wine Industry: Implications for Regulators and Industry Associations. Journal of Wine Research, 16:151-169.

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Altieri_etal_IJBiodivMgmt_05.pdf182.5 KB
Cahill-Field_PracticalWinery_08.pdf536.22 KB
Fiedler_etal_BioControl_08.pdf791.5 KB
Hilty-Merenlender_ConsBio_04.pdf342.74 KB
Jones_Climate Chg & Wine_ProcAustWineConf_07.pdf2.29 MB
Lohse_etal_EcoApps_08.pdf2.6 MB
Norris_etal_Cons_Ltrs_08.pdf239 KB
Scherr-McNeely_PTRSB_08.pdf432.39 KB
Silverman_etal_JWineRsch_05.pdf301.5 KB
Underwood-etal_DD_08.pdf244.29 KB