Agroforestry Systems: The Role of Trees in Ecosystem Services-A Special Issue in Collaboration with the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; 15N tracing experiment; agroforestry; agroforestry system; agroforestry systems; ahannon-wiener index; alley cropping; Alpinia oxyphylla; Amazonia; bees; carbon sequestration; China; climate change; climate change mitigation; cropland; cropping system; East Africa; economic benefits; ecosystem services; farmers' knowledge; forest farming; forestland; fractionation; gross N transformation rates; growth form; hedgerows; home garden; improved-fallow; Indonesia; interspecific competition; leaf nutrient diagnosis; lignin; margalef index; N-fixing trees; native trees; natural capital; nutrient content; phosphorus; plant water use; pollination; pollinators; review; riparian buffers; rubber-based agroforestry system; shade tree species; shelterbelts; slash-and-mulch; soil C; soil N; sorption; stable isotope; subtropical acidic forest soil; sustainable management; temperature change; West Java; windbreaks
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039281640; 9783039281657; books978-3-03928-165-7
• Access: Open Access

Planting trees in the agricultural landscape, in the form of establishing agroforestry systems, has a significant role to play in potentially improving ecosystem services, such as increased biodiversity, reduced soil erosion, increased soil carbon storage, improved food security and nutrition, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. While the role of trees in agroforestry systems in improving ecosystem services has been researched, studies in new systems/regions and new agroforestry system designs are still emerging. This Special Issue includes selected papers presented at the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry, Montpellier, France 20-22 May 2019, and other volunteer papers. The scope of articles includes all aspects of agroforestry systems.