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Service functions of agroforestry systems
(2003)
This article presents a brief review of the main environmental service functions that are provided by agroforestry systems (AFS): 1) maintenance of soil fertility/reducing erosion via organic matter inputs to the soil, N ...
Effect of pollarding frequency on biomass of Erythrina poeppigiana as a coffee shade tree
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1986)
The use of pollarded Erythrina poeppigiana as shade tree in coffee plantations is apparently and old practice in Costa Rica. The tree is not native to this country but was introduced between late 19th and 20th century and ...
The place of agro-forestry in managing tropical forests
(CATIE, 1980)
The use of plant architectural models for estimating radiation transfer within agroforestry systems -an example for multi-strata coconut-based farming systems
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica) | DANIDA, Turrialba (Costa Rica) | GTZ, Eschborn (Alemania) | ICRAF, Nairobi (Kenia) | IUFRO, Viena (Austria), 1999)
Agroforestry timber production in Central America : population dynamics and information technologies in Nicacentro and Trifinio
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2015)
The importance of tropical timber for human activities in developing and developed countries is widely recognized. However, the timber supply from tropical forests has greatly suffered due to the increasing deforestation ...
Coffee agroforestry systems capable of reducing disease-induced yield and economic losses while providing multiple ecosystem services
(2020)
Crop losses caused by pests and diseases decrease the incomes and threaten the livelihoods of thousands of families worldwide.During two years, in a research network of 61 coffee plots under a wide variety of shade and ...
Evolution of multistrata agroforestry systems in the Americas
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1999)
Agroforestry systems with emphasis in Theobroma grandiflorum cultivated in low fertility soils
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 1999)