chapter 1 The Ecological Foundations of Agroecosystem Sustainability -- chapter 2 Increasing Sustainability in Mediterranean Cropping Systems with Self-Reseeding Annual Legumes -- chapter 3 Manipulating Plant Biodiversity to Enhance Biological Control of Insect Pests: A Case Study of a Northern California Organic Vineyard -- chapter 4 An Assessment of Tropical Homegardens as Examples of Sustainable Local Agroforestry Systems -- chapter 5 Improving Agroecosystem Sustainability Using Organic (Plant-Based) Mulch -- chapter 6 Nitrogen and the Sustainable Village -- chapter 7 Nematode Communities as Ecological Indicators of Agroecosystem Health -- chapter 8 Field-Scale Nutrient Cycling and Sustainability: Comparing Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems -- chapter 9 Assessing Agricultural Sustainability Using the Six-Pillar Model: Iran as a Case Study -- chapter 10 Coevolutionary Agroecology: A Policy Oriented Analysis of Socioenvironmental Dynamics, with Special Reference to Forest Margins in North Lampung, Indonesia -- chapter 11 Operationalizing the Concept of Sustainability in Agriculture: Characterizing Agroecosystems on a Multi-Criteria, Multiple Scale Performance Space.