Agroforestry provides essential ecosystem services; its structure and stability directly
determine ecosystem function and service provision. Sustaining agroforestry ecosystem …

The impact of land-use history on shade tree diversity in cocoa agroforestry plantations
needs exploration to facilitate effective biodiversity conservation. Thus, we evaluated the …

Properly designed agroforestry systems (AFS) can generate optimal cocoa bean (BC) yields,
produce co-products and provide ecosystem services. This study analyzes the interactions …

Abstract Cacao (Theobroma cacao, Malvaceae) is an important tree crop in Africa and in the
Americas. Current genomic evidence suggests that its original range in Tropical Americas …

Agroforestry systems incorporate several productive components per unit area to yield
efficiency. However, considering the high degree of complexity inherent to interspecific plant …

" The Classic Maya civilization thrived between 200-950 CE in the tropical forests of eastern
Mesoamerica before undergoing a period of breakdown and transformation known …

Background: In Colombia, most traditional cocoa crops are developed under agroforestry
systems (SAF), associating shrubs and trees that provide shade for cocoa. They generate …

The tree composition in cocoa agroforestry systems (CAFS) in Guatemala is valued for
providing a number of ecosystem services. Despite the importance of the trees in these …

In Côte d'Ivoire, although slash and burn practice, particularly associated with cocoa and
rubber farming, have greatly contributed to the degradation of forest cover and biodiversity …

Traditional agroforestry has been recognised to contribute to biodiversity conservation;
however, biodiversity strategies often lack information about drivers of tree species diversity …