Toward Agroforestry Design: An Ecological Approach

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Shibu Jose, Andrew M. Gordon
Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 29, 2007 - Technology & Engineering - 314 pages

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

Biophysical Changes Resulting from 16 Years
13
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
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Agroforestry Management Effects on Plant
148

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