Global assessment of production benefits and risk reduction in agroforestry during extreme weather events under climate change scenarios

S Dobhal, R Kumar, AK Bhardwaj… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Climate change and extreme weather events are threatening agricultural production
worldwide. The anticipated increase in atmospheric temperature may reduce the potential …

Seasonal patterns of litterfall in forest ecosystem worldwide

H Zhang, W Yuan, W Dong, S Liu - Ecological Complexity, 2014 - Elsevier
The seasonal litterfall plays an important role in the process of forest carbon and nutrient
cycles. The current dynamic vegetation models use a simplified method to simulate …

Agroforestry potential for adaptation to climate change: a soil‐based perspective

V Rolo, D Rivest, É Maillard… - Soil Use and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural systems face several challenges that threaten their capacity to feed the world
while maintaining a healthy and functional environment. Climate change, together with soil …

Soil macrofauna as indicators of soil quality and land use impacts in smallholder agroecosystems of western Nicaragua

L Rousseau, SJ Fonte, O Téllez, R van der Hoek… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The tropical dry forest region along the western slope of Central America represents a
biodiverse and fragile area that is under increasing pressure from agricultural production …

Shade trees and tree pruning alter throughfall and microclimate in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) production systems

W Niether, L Armengot, C Andres, M Schneider… - Annals of forest …, 2018 - Springer
Key message Shade trees in agroforestry systems protect the understory cocoa from climate
extremes. Shade tree pruning manages microclimatic conditions in favor of cocoa …

Effects of Inga densiflora on the microclimate of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and overall biomass under optimal growing conditions in Costa Rica

P Siles, JM Harmand, P Vaast - Agroforestry systems, 2010 - Springer
The advantages of associating shade trees in coffee agroforestry systems (AFS) are
generally thought to be restricted mostly to poor soil and sub-optimal ecological conditions …

Multipurpose agroforestry as a climate change resiliency option for farmers: an example of local adaptation in Vietnam

Q Nguyen, MH Hoang, I Öborn, M van Noordwijk - Climatic change, 2013 - Springer
Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of severe weather events are posing major
challenges to global food security and livelihoods of rural people. Agriculture has evolved …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of agroecological management on plant diversity and soil-based ecosystem services in pasture and coffee systems in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

HM Teixeira, FJJA Bianchi, IM Cardoso… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of agroecosystems that can provide multiple ecosystem services with a
reduced need of external inputs, requires management practices that foster ecological …

Genetic Architecture of Phenomic-Enabled Canopy Coverage in Glycine max

A Xavier, B Hall, AA Hearst, KA Cherkauer… - Genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Digital imagery can help to quantify seasonal changes in desirable crop phenotypes that
can be treated as quantitative traits. Because limitations in precise and functional …

Litterfall and decomposition in relation to soil carbon pools along a secondary forest chronosequence in Puerto Rico

R Ostertag, E Marín-Spiotta, WL Silver, J Schulten - Ecosystems, 2008 - Springer
Secondary forests are becoming increasingly widespread in the tropics, but our
understanding of how secondary succession affects carbon (C) cycling and C sequestration …