Water acquisition, sharing and redistribution by roots: applications to agroforestry systems

J Bayala, I Prieto - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Aims In the face of problems caused by 'intensive agriculture'dominated by large areas of
monocultures, mixed intercrop** mimicking natural ecosystems has been reported to …

Nitrogen dynamics in agroforestry systems. A review

DG Kim, ME Isaac - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2022 - Springer
Agroforestry is an agricultural diversification practice that purposefully grows trees together
with crops and/or animals. Nitrogen (N) plays a pivotal role in the sustainability and …

[HTML][HTML] Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world

D Ellison, CE Morris, B Locatelli, D Sheil… - Global environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national,
continental and global decision-making on climate change adaptation, mitigation, land use …

Agroforestry delivers a win-win solution for ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa. A meta-analysis

S Kuyah, CW Whitney, M Jonsson, GW Sileshi… - Agronomy for …, 2019 - Springer
Agricultural landscapes are increasingly being managed with the aim of enhancing the
provisioning of multiple ecosystem services and sustainability of production systems …

Intermediate tree cover can maximize groundwater recharge in the seasonally dry tropics

U Ilstedt, A Bargués Tobella, HR Bazié, J Bayala… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Water scarcity contributes to the poverty of around one-third of the world's people. Despite
many benefits, tree planting in dry regions is often discouraged by concerns that trees …

Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services

H Asbjornsen, V Hernandez-Santana… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Over the past century, agricultural landscapes worldwide have increasingly been managed
for the primary purpose of producing food, while other diverse ecosystem services …

Vegetation-induced soil stabilization in coastal area: An example from a natural mangrove forest

Z Karimi, E Abdi, A Deljouei, A Cislaghi, A Shirvany… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests provide essential ecosystem services in tropical and semitropical regions
by supporting their natural regeneration and other biosystem processes, offering livelihood …

A planetary health perspective on agroforestry in Sub-Saharan Africa

TS Rosenstock, IK Dawson, E Aynekulu, S Chomba… - One Earth, 2019 - cell.com
Human activities change the structure and function of the environment with cascading
impacts on human health, a concept known as" planetary health." Agroforestry—the …

Trees in agricultural landscapes enhance provision of ecosystem services in Sub-Saharan Africa

S Kuyah, I Öborn, M Jonsson, AS Dahlin… - … Journal of Biodiversity …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The recent interest in multi-functional agricultural landscapes has not been matched with
formal assessment of the roles that trees play across the spectrum of ecosystem services …

Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: a quantitative synthesis

J Bayala, GW Sileshi, R Coe, A Kalinganire… - Journal of arid …, 2012 - Elsevier
To address the decline in crop productivity in the drylands of West Africa, many initiatives
have focused on combating soil degradation. Various practices including (1) parkland trees …