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This 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. 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.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.

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Agriculture & farming Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques

• Full title: Toward Agroforestry Design
• Subtitle: An Ecological Approach
• Author: Shibu Jose, Andrew M. Gordon
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 314
• EAN: 9781402065712
• ISBN: 140206571X
• ID: 01417501
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 638 g
• Dimensions: 191 × 325 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. January 2008

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