Toward Agroforestry Design: An Ecological Approach (Hardcover)

Preface. Section 1: Introduction. 1. Ecological knowledge and agroforestry design: an introduction; S. Jose, A.M. Gordon.- Section 2: Resource allocation in agroforestry systems: above-ground processes. 2. Biophysical changes resulting from 16-years of riparian forest rehabilitation: an example from the southern Ontario agricultural landscape; M. Oelbermann et al.- 3. Ecological development and function of shelterbelts in temperate North America; C.W. Mize et al.- 4. Forage production under and adjacent to Robinia pseudoacacia in central Appalachia, West Virginia; C.M. Feldhake et al.- 5. Light intensity effects on growth and nutrient use efficiency of tropical legume cover crops; V.C. Baligar et al.- 6. Interspecific competition in a pecan-cotton alleycropping system in the southern United States: is light the limiting factor? D.S. Zamora et al.- 7. Modification of microclimate and associated food crop productivity in an alleycropping system in northern Sudan; H. Shapo, H. Adam.- 8. Tree - crop interactions in fruit-tree-based agroforestry systems in the western highlands of Guatemala: component yields and system performance; J.G. Bellow et al.- 9. Biophysical interactions between timber trees and Arabica coffee in suboptimal conditions of Central America; P. Vaast et al.- Section 3: Resource allocation in Agroforestry systems: belowground processes. 10. Agroforestry management effects on plant productivity vectors within a humid-temperate hardwood alleycropping system; G.R. von Kiparski, A.R. Gillespie.- 11. Root competition for phosphorus between coconut palms and interplanted dicot trees along a soil fertility gradient in Kerala, India; H.B.S. Gowda, B.M.Kumar.- 12. Establishment of Cordia dodecandra A.DC. with Bixa orellana L. on calcareous soils in Yucatan, Mexico; M. Reuter et al.- 13. Tree foliage polyphenols and nitrogen use in crop-livestock systems of southern Africa: strategies for increasing efficiency; P.L. Mafongoya, L. Hove.- Section 4: Towards better understanding: analytical and modeling tools for Agroforestry research. 14. The role of ecosystem-level models in the design of agroforestry systems for future environmental conditions and social needs; J.P. Kimmins et al.- 15. Measurement and simulation of light availability in relation to growth of coffee plants in an agroforestry system with rubber trees; C.A. Righi et al.- 16. Modeling green manure additions in alleycropping systems: linking soil community dynamics and nitrogen mineralization; Y. Carrillo, C. Jordan.- 17. Separating the tree-soil-crop interactions in agroforestry parkland systems in Sapone (Burkina Faso) using WaNuLCAS; J. Bayala et al.- Section 5: Synthesis. 18. Applying ecological knowledge to agroforestry design: a synthesis; A.M. Gordon, S. Jose.-