Agroforestry for enhanced arthropod pest management in Vineyards

K Favor, M Gold, S Halsey, M Hall, R Vallone - Agroforestry Systems, 2024 - Springer
Modern vineyards, characterized by monoculture and landscape simplicity, face a multitude
of pest management issues, including heightened pest and disease pressure, reliance on …

Multifunctionality of temperate alley-cropping agroforestry outperforms open cropland and grassland

E Veldkamp, M Schmidt, C Markwitz, L Beule… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Intensively managed open croplands are highly productive but often have deleterious
environmental impacts. Temperate agroforestry potentially improves ecosystem functions …

Trees shape the soil microbiome of a temperate agrosilvopastoral and syntropic agroforestry system

A Vaupel, M Küsters, J Toups, N Herwig, B Bösel… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Agroforestry systems are multifunctional land-use systems that promote soil life. Despite
their large potential spatio-temporal complexity, the majority of studies that investigated soil …

Key actors' perspectives on agroforestry's potential in North Eastern Germany

J Litschel, F Berendt, H Wagner, S Heidenreich… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
As a land use management system, agroforestry has environmental, economic and societal
benefits over conventional agriculture or forestry. Important benefits of combining tree …

Spatial patterns of causality in temperate silvopastoral systems: a perspective on nitrification stability in response to flooding

R Mettauer, M Emily, Z Bednar-Konski, A Widmer… - Ecological …, 2024 - Springer
Background Extreme rainfall and flooding events are projected to increase in frequency and
disturb biogeochemical cycles such as the nitrogen (N) cycle. By combining trees and …

Influence of two agroforestry systems on the nitrification potential in temperate pastures in Brittany, France

R Mettauer, L Beule, Z Bednar, M Malige, O Godinot… - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Background and aims Agroforestry, whereby trees are associated with crops and/or
livestock, is expected to mitigate nitrogen (N) losses from agriculture. However, little is …

Lower-cost eddy covariance for CO2 and H2O fluxes over grassland and agroforestry

JGV van Ramshorst, A Knohl… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
Eddy covariance (EC) measurements can provide direct and non-invasive ecosystem
measurements of the exchange of energy, water (H 2 O) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) …

Synergies Between Tree Crops and Ecosystems in Tropical Agroforestry

D Dissanayaka, SS Udumann, AJ Atapattu - Agroforestry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agroforestry combines tree crop cultivation with traditional farming, which ensures
biodiversity conservation, food security, and climate change mitigation in the tropical …

New methods of assessing wind erosion risk: Innovative approach to soil protection respecting windbreak effect

J KUČERA, J PODHRÁZSKÁ, T STŘEDA… - … to Geophysics and …, 2024 - journal.geo.sav.sk
Research and development of new soil protection methods helps to maintain sustainable
soil management and prevent the degradation of valuable agricultural resources. Wind …

Land Use Change and Soil Erosion: Challenges and Way Forward to Management

MM Nesa, SM Propa, S Sen, HM Abdullah - Climate Change and Soil …, 2024 - Springer
Soil is a finite resource crucial for producing food, sequestering carbon, balancing nutrients
and water, and maintaining biodiversity. Soil erosion poses a challenge to food security and …