Toward Agroforestry Design: An Ecological ApproachShibu Jose, Andrew M. Gordon Jose and Gordon’s Toward Agroforestry Design is an important reference for anyone interested in exploring or managing the physiological and ecological processes which underlie resource allocation and plant growth in agroforestry systems. Drawing together a wide range of examples from around the world, the book highlights how recent developments in agroforestry research can contribute to understanding agroforestry system function, and discusses the potential application of agroforestry in addressing a range of land use challenges in both tropical and temperate regions of the world. Including both original research and synthetic analyses, the book presents examples from a wide range of environments. It focuses largely on resource allocation – both above- and below-ground – including an assessment of the recent advances in analytical and modeling tools available to this work. Concluding with a synthesis of the key questions and research gaps highlighted throughout the text, the book will be particularly useful to students and researchers involved in natural resource management, agroforestry, and applied ecology. |
Contents
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Ecological Development and Function of Shelterbelts | 27 |
Forage Production Under and Adjacent | 55 |
Light Intensity Effects on Growth and Nutrientuse | 67 |
Interspecific Competition in a Pecancotton | 80 |
Modification of Microclimate and Associated | 96 |
TreeCrop Interactions in Fruit Treebased | 110 |
Biophysical Interactions Between Timber Trees | 132 |
Root Competition for Phosphorus Between | 174 |
Establishment of Cordia dodecandra A D C | 194 |
Tree Foliage Polyphenols and Nitrogen | 207 |
Analytical | 228 |
Radiation Availability in Agroforestry System | 249 |
Modeling Green Manure Additions in AlleyCropping | 268 |
Applying Ecological Knowledge to Agroforestry | 303 |
Agroforestry Management Effects on Plant | 148 |
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Toward Agroforestry Design: An Ecological Approach Shibu Jose,Andrew M. Gordon No preview available - 2009 |
Toward Agroforestry Design: An Ecological Approach Shibu Jose,Andrew M. Gordon No preview available - 2010 |
Toward Agroforestry Design: An Ecological Approach Shibu Jose,Andrew M. Gordon No preview available - 2008 |