Agroforestry Systems: The Role of Trees in Ecosystem Services-A Special Issue in Collaboration with the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry

• Main Author: Cheng, Yi (auth)
• Other Authors: Chang, Scott (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; farmers' knowledge; ahannon-wiener index; economic benefits; alley cropping; lignin; shelterbelts; agroforestry; natural capital; forest farming; nutrient content; agroforestry system; review; Amazonia; cropland; riparian buffers; climate change; subtropical acidic forest soil; bees; phosphorus; pollination; 15N tracing experiment; stable isotope; West Java; interspecific competition; growth form; cropping system; climate change mitigation; gross N transformation rates; East Africa; improved-fallow; N-fixing trees; carbon sequestration; home garden; margalef index; windbreaks; leaf nutrient diagnosis; agroforestry systems; pollinators; sorption; forestland; China; temperature change; fractionation; hedgerows; native trees; slash-and-mulch; soil N; shade tree species; soil C; Alpinia oxyphylla; sustainable management; plant water use; rubber-based agroforestry system; ecosystem services; Indonesia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Planting trees in the agricultural landscape, in the form of establishing agroforestry systems, has a significant role to play in potentially improving ecosystem services, such as increased biodiversity, reduced soil erosion, increased soil carbon storage, improved food security and nutrition, and r...