Crop yields in European agroforestry systems: a meta-analysis

V Ivezić, Y Yu, W Werf - Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Agroforestry is the practice of integrating woody vegetation with crops and/or livestock
production in order to strengthen ecological services on farmland and achieve a more multi …

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 …

An integrative approach to silvopastoral system design: perspectives, potentials and principles

TH Mackay-Smith, RI Spiekermann… - New Zealand Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Silvopastoral systems have complex impacts on a diverse range of outcomes, making it
essential to design these systems using an integrative approach to maximise positive …

Are agroforestry systems more productive than monocultures in Mediterranean countries? A meta-analysis

D Scordia, SA Corinzia, J Coello… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Agroforestry is gaining interest due to its potential in enhancing climate resilience and
sustainability of farming systems. In this meta-analysis, the crop yield in agroforestry system …

[HTML][HTML] Can trees buffer the impact of climate change on pasture production and digestibility of Mediterranean dehesas?

MD Hidalgo-Galvez, K Barkaoui, F Volaire… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainability and functioning of silvopastoral ecosystems are being threatened by the
forecasted warmer and drier environments in the Mediterranean region. Scattered trees of …

A meta-analysis reveals mostly neutral influence of scattered trees on pasture yield along with some contrasted effects depending on functional groups and rainfall …

D Rivest, A Paquette, G Moreno, C Messier - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Scattered trees occurring throughout farmland matrix are prominent features of many human-
dominated landscapes around the world, especially in livestock grazing systems. They are …

The NPK soil nutrient balance of Portuguese cropland in the 1950s: The transition from organic to chemical fertilization

M Carmo, R García-Ruiz, MI Ferreira, T Domingos - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Agricultural nutrient balances have been receiving increasing attention in both historical and
nutrient management research. The main objectives of this study were to further develop …

Shrubs affect soil nutrients availability with contrasting consequences for pasture understory and tree overstory production and nutrient status in Mediterranean grazed …

V Rolo, ML López-Díaz, G Moreno - Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2012 - Springer
Increases of woody plant cover in former savannas and managed savanna-like systems are
currently considered one of the major components of global environmental change. Besides …

Are sown legume-rich pastures effective allies for the profitability and sustainability of Mediterranean dehesas?

A Hernández-Esteban, ML López-Díaz, Y Cáceres… - Agroforestry …, 2019 - Springer
Sowing legume-rich mixtures in managed grasslands is becoming increasingly important
due to the need for improvements in forage quantity and quality and the need to strengthen …

Fire, rodent herbivory, and plant competition: implications for invasion and altered fire regimes in the Mojave Desert

TBB Bishop, RA Gill, BR McMillan, SB St. Clair - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
Biological invasions are responsive to changing wildfire regimes related to human activities
that are altering biological communities. Our objective was to investigate how fire, rodent …