Overview
- Excellent coverage of recent advances in ecological knowledge in agroforestry systems
- Covers both temperate and tropical regions of the world
- Separate sections to cover aboveground resource allocation and ecological processes, belowground processes and resource use, and modelling and analytical tools
- Synthesis chapter that identifies knowledge gaps
Part of the book series: Advances in Agroforestry (ADAG, volume 4)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Resource Allocation in Agroforestry Systems: Aboveground Processes
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Resource Allocation in Agroforestry Systems: Belowground Processes
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Towards Better Understanding: Analytical and Modeling Tools for Agroforestry Research
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About this book
Jose and Gordon’s Toward Agroforestry Design is an important reference for anyone interested in exploring or managing the physiological and ecological processes which underlie resource allocation and plant growth in agroforestry systems.
Drawing together a wide range of examples from around the world, the book highlights how recent developments in agroforestry research can contribute to understanding agroforestry system function, and discusses the potential application of agroforestry in addressing a range of land use challenges in both tropical and temperate regions of the world.
Including both original research and synthetic analyses, the book presents examples from a wide range of environments. It focuses largely on resource allocation – both above- and below-ground – including an assessment of the recent advances in analytical and modeling tools available to this work. Concluding with a synthesis of the key questions and research gaps highlighted throughout the text, the book will be particularly useful to students and researchers involved in natural resource management, agroforestry, and applied ecology.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book, and indeed, the series in which it appears, ‘Advances in Agroforestry,’ is intended ‘to offer state-of-the-art’ information on diverse topics related to agroforestry. Editors Jose (Univ. of Florida, Gainesville) and Gordon (Univ. of Guelph, Ontario), focus on plot design and ecological factors that might be considered when setting up areas in which these techniques are to be applied. … The book forms a reference point for future research; it is a technical presentation. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers/faculty and professionals." (D. H. Pfister, CHOICE, Vol. 46 (01), September, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Toward Agroforestry Design
Book Subtitle: An Ecological Approach
Editors: Shibu Jose, Andrew M. Gordon
Series Title: Advances in Agroforestry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6572-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6571-2Published: 02 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7671-7Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6572-9Published: 29 December 2007
Series ISSN: 1875-1199
Series E-ISSN: 1875-1202
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 314
Topics: Forestry, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Agriculture
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology