Silvopasture in the USA: A systematic review of natural resource professional and producer-reported benefits, challenges, and management activities

MM Smith, G Bentrup, T Kellerman… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Silvopasture is the deliberate integration of trees, forage, and grazing livestock on the same
piece of land. These agroecosystems are intensively managed for multiple benefits …

Ecosystem services of tree windbreaks in rural landscapes—a systematic review

T Weninger, S Scheper, L Lackóová… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Windbreaks are key structural elements in the rural environment and affect the functionality
of landscapes in multiple ways. A broad interdisciplinary view on these functions lacks in …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change mitigation potentials of biofuels produced from perennial crops and natural regrowth on abandoned and degraded cropland in Nordic …

JS Næss, X Hu, MH Gvein, CM Iordan… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Bioenergy expansion is present in most climate change mitigation scenarios. The
associated large land use changes have led to concerns on how bioenergy can be …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of soil ridge height to visualize windbreak effectiveness in wind erosion control: A strategy for sustainable agriculture

K Iwasaki, S Shimoda, Y Nakata, M Hayamizu… - … and Electronics in …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Tree windbreaks have multifunctional benefits including wind damage reduction, soil
erosion control, and biodiversity conservation. The removal and low adoption of tree …

Vertical agrivoltaics and its potential for electricity production and agricultural water demand: A case study in the area of Chanco, Chile

R Bruhwyler, H Sánchez, C Meza, F Lebeau… - Sustainable Energy …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a cross-sector analysis of a 100 kWp vertical agrivoltaic (AV) case study
in Chanco, Maule, Chile. Maule is an agricultural region facing recurring droughts, which put …

Windbreak effectiveness of shelterbelts with different characteristic parameters and arrangements by means of CFD simulation

J Wang, L Patruno, G Zhao, Y Tamura - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Shelterbelts can locally reduce wind speed in open terrains, moderating wind induced
damage for agriculture and ameliorating growing conditions for crops. In this paper …

[HTML][HTML] Agroforestry extent in the United States: A review of national datasets and inventory efforts

MM Smith, G Bentrup, T Kellerman, K MacFarland… - Agriculture, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
A comprehensive understanding of agroforestry adoption across a landscape is critical for
effective agroforestry planning. The objectives of this study are to identify the sources of …

Health burden associated with tillage-related PM2. 5 pollution in the United States, and mitigation strategies

A Pokharel, DA Hennessy, F Wu - Science of The Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Exposure to airborne particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) is associated
with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In …

[HTML][HTML] Electro-agric, a novel environmental engineering perspective to overcome the global water crisis via marginal water reuse

A Abou-Shady, H El-Araby - Natural Hazards Research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Water crises in arid and semi-arid regions, particularly in desert areas, are considered a
challenge owing to the fact that no functioning solutions have been introduced throughout …

Flow characteristics analysis and power comparison for two novel types of vertically staggered wind farms

J Chen, Y Zhang, Z Xu, C Li - Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Reducing the wake effect to improve the power output of wind farms is identified as one of
the grand challenges in wind energy science. To solve this problem, the windbreak and …