Environmental benefits and control of pollution to surface water and groundwater by agroforestry systems: a review

G Pavlidis, VA Tsihrintzis - Water Resources Management, 2018‏ - Springer
Agricultural pollution consists a serious concern for environmental protection managers.
Among the pollutants, nitrates, phosphoric compounds and organic pesticides from …

Interspecific interactions in temperate agroforestry

S Jose, AR Gillespie, SG Pallardy - Agroforestry systems, 2004‏ - Springer
The ecological principles that define the competitive and complementary interactions among
trees, crops, and fauna in agroforestry systems have received considerable research …

Trees increase soil organic carbon and nutrient availability in temperate agroforestry systems

P Pardon, B Reubens, D Reheul, J Mertens… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems (AFS) have a large potential to deliver a wide range of ecosystem
services (ES). In field and crop management, changes to factors such as regulatory ES …

Ecological benefits provided by alley crop** systems for production of woody biomass in the temperate region: a review

P Tsonkova, C Böhm, A Quinkenstein, D Freese - Agroforestry systems, 2012‏ - Springer
In temperate Europe alley crop** systems which integrate strips of short rotation coppices
into conventional agricultural fields (ACS) are receiving increasing attention. These systems …

Modification of the microclimate and water balance through the integration of trees into temperate crop** systems

SR Jacobs, H Webber, W Niether, K Grahmann… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Climate change scenarios predict an increased occurrence of droughts and heatwaves, as
well as extreme rainfall events in Central Europe. Alley crop**, which is the inclusion of …

Impact of spatio-temporal shade dynamics on wheat growth and yield, perspectives for temperate agroforestry

S Artru, S Garré, C Dupraz, MP Hiel… - European Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
A stumbling block to the adoption of silvoarable agroforestry systems is the lack of
quantitative knowledge on the performance of different crops when competing for resources …

Defining competition vectors in a temperate alley crop** system in the midwestern USA: 2. Competition for water

S Jose, AR Gillespie, JR Seifert, DJ Biehle - Agroforestry systems, 2000‏ - Springer
A study was carried out in an alley crop** system in the Eastern Maize Belt of the United
States with the objective of quantifying the competition for water between trees (black walnut …

Soil water content and infiltration in agroforestry buffer strips

SH Anderson, RP Udawatta, T Seobi, HE Garrett - Agroforestry systems, 2009‏ - Springer
Agroforestry practices are receiving increased attention in temperate zones due to their
environmental and economic benefits. To test the hypothesis that agroforestry buffers reduce …

Competition, stress and benefits: Trees and crops in the transition zone of a temperate short rotation alley crop** agroforestry system

A Swieter, M Langhof, J Lamerre - Journal of Agronomy and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tree strips on agricultural production sites offer many economic, ecological and social
advantages. However, the introduction of trees creates a transition zone between tree strips …

Effects of temperate agroforestry on yield and quality of different arable intercrops

P Pardon, B Reubens, J Mertens, K Verheyen… - Agricultural …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems (AFS) are considered to be a sustainable agricultural practice, as they
deliver a wide range of ecosystem services (ES) while maintaining (agricultural) primary …