Agroforestry systems: Meta‐analysis of soil carbon stocks, sequestration processes, and future potentials

L Shi, W Feng, J Xu, Y Kuzyakov - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Agroforestry (AF) has the potential to restore degraded lands, provide a broader range of
ecosystem goods and services such as carbon (C) sequestration and high biodiversity, and …

Litter removal exerts greater effects on soil microbial community than understory removal in a subtropical-warm temperate climate transitional forest

J Feng, Z Li, Y Hao, J Wang, J Ru, J Song… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Litter and understory play important roles in maintaining structure and functions of
belowground ecosystems in forests. However, how litter and understory affect soil microbial …

Achieving biodiversity conservation, livelihood security and sustainable development goals through agroforestry in coastal and island regions of India and Southeast …

P Kumar, AR Uthappa, SB Chavan… - … of agriculture in Asia …, 2023 - Springer
Coastal and island habitats are among the most fragile and climate-vulnerable ecosystems
in the world which host around 2.4 billion people. This fragile ecosystem has been …

Soil erosion control and carbon sequestration in shifting cultivated degraded highlands of eastern India: performance of two contour hedgerow systems

PP Adhikary, HC Hombegowda, D Barman… - Agroforestry …, 2017 - Springer
Two contour hedgerow (Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala) systems with and
without miniature trenches were evaluated as conservation measures in the shifting …

Grazing exclosures increase soil organic carbon stock at a rate greater than “4 per 1000” per year across agricultural landscapes in Northern Ethiopia

F Noulèkoun, E Birhane, H Kassa, A Berhe… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The establishment of grazing exclosures is widely practiced to restore degraded agricultural
lands and forests. Here, we evaluated the potential of grazing exclosures to contribute to the …

Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in India: a synthesis

BM Kumar, TK Kunhamu - Agroforestry and Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Springer
Agroforestry systems involving arid, semiarid, subhumid, humid-perhumid, and coastal
ecosystems are pervasive in India. The woody perennial components of such systems …

Effects of clump spacing on nutrient distribution and root activity of Dendrocalamus strictus in the humid region of Kerala, peninsular India

BH Kittur, K Sudhakara, BM Kumar… - Journal of Forestry …, 2017 - Springer
The humid agroclimatic conditions of Kerala, India permit the cultivation of an array of
bamboo species of which Dendrocalamus strictus Roxb.(Nees.) is an important one on …

Biomass production, carbon sequestration and nutrient characteristics of 22-year-old support trees in black pepper (Piper nigrum. L) production systems in Kerala …

TK Kunhamu, S Aneesh, B Mohan Kumar… - Agroforestry …, 2018 - Springer
Diverse kinds of fast growing multipurpose trees are traditionally grown as support trees
(standards) for trailing black pepper vines in the humid tropics of India. Apart from differential …

Fine root contribution to the soil carbon stock of an agroforestry system in a Caatinga-Atlantic Forest transition zone

PHM Monroe, PAB Barreto-Garcia… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2021 - rbciamb.com.br
The objective of this work was to evaluate the distribution of fine roots and its influence on
the soil organic carbon stock, at a depth of 20 cm, in a Grevillea robusta and Coffea arabica …

[HTML][HTML] DOES CROWN CLASS CLASSIFICATION IMPROVE THE INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS OF POST-FIRE PINUS BRUTIA STANDS?

D Bountis, E Milios - Cerne, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The present study was conducted in Pinus brutia Ten. stands which were created after the
forest fire of 1989, in the island of Thassos. In 2008, 45 plots of 5 x 5 m were randomly …