Trees increase soil organic carbon and nutrient availability in temperate agroforestry systems

P Pardon, B Reubens, D Reheul, J Mertens… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems (AFS) have a large potential to deliver a wide range of ecosystem
services (ES). In field and crop management, changes to factors such as regulatory ES …

Impact of alley cropping agroforestry on stocks, forms and spatial distribution of soil organic carbon—A case study in a Mediterranean context

R Cardinael, T Chevallier, BG Barthès, NPA Saby… - Geoderma, 2015 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems, ie, agroecosystems combining trees with farming practices, are of
particular interest as they combine the potential to increase biomass and soil carbon (C) …

[HTML][HTML] Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe

S Kay, C Rega, G Moreno, M den Herder, JHN Palma… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Agroforestry, relative to conventional agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon
sequestration, increases a range of regulating ecosystem services, and enhances …

Single-tree influences on soil properties in agroforestry: lessons from natural forest and savanna ecosystems

CC Rhoades - Agroforestry systems, 1996 - Springer
Climate, organisms, topographic relief, and parent material interacting through time are the
dominant factors that control processes of soil formation and determine soil properties. In …

Soil organic carbon and root distribution in a temperate arable agroforestry system

MA Upson, PJ Burgess - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Aim To determine, for arable land in a temperate area, the effect of tree establishment and
intercropping treatments, on the distribution of roots and soil organic carbon to a depth of 1.5 …

Trees increase soil carbon and its stability in three agroforestry systems in central Alberta, Canada

M Baah-Acheamfour, CN Carlyle, EW Bork… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Agroforestry land-use systems have significant potential for increasing soil carbon (C)
storage and mitigating increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations. We …

Changes in soil carbon stocks across the Forest-Agroforest-Agriculture/Pasture continuum in various agroecological regions: A meta-analysis

N Chatterjee, PKR Nair, S Chakraborty… - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The contribution of agroforestry systems (AFS) to enhance soil organic carbon (SOC)
storage in soil layers due to the presence of deep tree roots are of interest in the context of …

Increased soil organic carbon stocks under agroforestry: A survey of six different sites in France

R Cardinael, T Chevallier, A Cambou, C Béral… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems are land use management systems in which trees are grown in
combination with crops or pasture in the same field. In silvoarable systems, trees are …

[HTML][HTML] Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

M Mayer, CE Prescott, WEA Abaker, L Augusto… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils.
By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can …

Ecological benefits provided by alley cropping systems for production of woody biomass in the temperate region: a review

P Tsonkova, C Böhm, A Quinkenstein, D Freese - Agroforestry systems, 2012 - Springer
In temperate Europe alley cropping systems which integrate strips of short rotation coppices
into conventional agricultural fields (ACS) are receiving increasing attention. These systems …