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Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview
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In this paper, the authors examined four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits of agroforestry: (1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality.Abstract:
Agroforestry systems are believed to provide a number of ecosystem services; however, until recently evidence in the agroforestry literature supporting these perceived benefits has been lacking. This special issue brings together a series of papers from around the globe to address recent findings on the ecosystem services and environmental benefits provided by agroforestry. As prelude to the special issue, this paper examines four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits of agroforestry: (1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality. Past and present evidence clearly indicates that agroforestry, as part of a multifunctional working landscape, can be a viable land-use option that, in addition to alleviating poverty, offers a number of ecosystem services and environmental benefits. This realization should help promote agroforestry and its role as an integral part of a multifunctional working landscape the world over.read more
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Gender, trees, and hardship or the dilemma of the Haitian farmer
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the factors causing the decline of agroforestry practices, with a focus on external factors such as farmers' socio-economic background and access to resources, internal factors including their knowledge and perceptions, and gender.
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Diurnal and seasonal variations on soil CO2 fluxes in tropical silvopastoral systems
Diana E. Adame‐Castro,Deb Raj Aryal,Gilberto Villanueva-López,Jorge Omar López-Martínez,Alfonso J. Chay-Canul,Fernando Casanova-Lugo +5 more
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Coccinellid abundance in shelterbelts is affected more by adjacent crop type and aphid abundance than vegetation characteristics
TL;DR: It is suggested that coccinellid abundance can be influenced to some extent by characteristics of shelterbelts, but crop type and prey availability is likely to have a relatively larger impact, perhaps reflecting the high movement rates of this group of natural enemies.
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A quantitative appraisal of selected agroforestry studies in the Sub-Saharan Africa
Kennedy Muthee,Lalisa A. Duguma,Christine Majale,Monicah Mucheru-Muna,Priscilla Wainaina,Peter A. Minang +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors synthesize the dynamics and characteristics of agroforestry technologies in sub-Saharan Africa by adopting the systematic review approach, and analyzes variables such as the dominant agro-forestry technology, production systems, types of studies, and ecosystem services generated by different agrofronry technologies.
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Economic Evaluation of Ecological Restoration of Degraded Lands through Protective Afforestation in the South of the Russian Plain
TL;DR: In this article, an economic assessment and regularities of the dynamics of humus-regulating and nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK)-regulating efficiency of protective forest plantations on lands with deflation-hazardous soils is presented.
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Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry
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TL;DR: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (SR-LULUCF) has been prepared in response to a request from the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) as mentioned in this paper.
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Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture
TL;DR: It is concluded that major scientific breakthroughs must occur in basic plant physiology, ecophysiology, agroecology, and soil science to achieve the ecological intensification that is needed to meet the expected increase in food demand.
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Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology?
TL;DR: This research agenda discusses critical questions and key approaches in determining the various aspects of community structure that influence function in real landscapes, especially compensatory community responses that stabilize function, or non-random extinction sequences that rapidly erode it.
PERSPECTIVES Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss critical questions and key approaches in four areas: identifying the important ecosystem service providers; determining the various aspects of community structure that influence function in real landscapes, especially compensatory community responses that stabilize function, or non-random extinction sequences that rapidly erode it; assessing key environmental factors influencing provision of services, and measuring the spatio-temporal scale over which providers and services operate.