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Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems examines the environmental and social conditions that affect the roles and performance of trees in field- and forest-based agricultural production systems. Various types of ecological settings for agroforestry are analyzed within temperate and tropical regions. The roles of soil, water, light, nutrient and pest management in mixed, annual, woody perennial and livestock systems are discussed. Important new case studies from around the world offer innovative strategies that have been used successfully in raising forests and tree products on a sustainable basis for commercial harvesting and for providing other environmental services in land conservation and watershed management. This book provides forestry and natural resources management professionals with a better understanding of the newest strategies for growing and maintaining commercial tree species in a more sustainable fashion, relying less on agrochemical input and mechanical intervention, while still maintaining acceptable levels of profitability.
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Advances in Agroecology Series Editor: Clive A. Edwards Agroecosystem Sustainability: Developing Practical Strategies Stephen R. Gliessman Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Louise E. Buck, James P. Lassoie, and Erick C.M. Fernandes Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Wanda Williams Collins and Calvin O. Qualset Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities Cornelia Flora Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management Lech Ryszkowski Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems Mario Giampietro Soil Ecology in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lijbert Brussaard and Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems Adel El Titi Structure and Function in Agroecosystem Design and Management Masae Shiyomi and Hiroshi Koizumi Tropical Agroecosystems John H. Vandermeer
Advisory Board Editor-in-Chief Clive A. Edwards The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Editorial Board Miguel Altieri University of California, Berkeley, CA Lijbert Brussaard Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands David Coleman University of Georgia, Athens, GA D.A. Crossley, Jr. University of Georgia, Athens, GA Adel El-Titi Stuttgart, Germany Charles A. Francis University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Stephen R. Gliessman University of California, Santa Cruz Thurman Grove North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Maurizio Paoletti University of Padova, Padova, Italy David Pimentel Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Masae Shiyomi Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan Sir Colin R.W. Spedding Berkshire, England Moham K. Wali
© 1999 by CRC Press LLC.
Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems Edited by
Louise E. Buck • James P. Lassoie Erick C.M. Fernandes
CRC PR E S S Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.
© 1999 by CRC Press LLC.
Acquiring Editor:
John Sulzycki
Project Editor:
Albert W. Starkweather
Cover design:
Dawn Boyd
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Agroforestry in sustainable agricultural systems / edited by Louise E. Buck, James P. Lassoie, and Erick C. M. Fernandes p.
cm. -- (Advances in agroecology)
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56670-294-1 (alk. paper) 1. Agroforestry.
I. Buck, Louise. II. Lassoie, J. P. III. Fernandes, E. C. M.(Erick C. M.)
S494.5.A5 A375123
IV. Series
1998
634.9c9—ddc21
98-31470 CIP
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