Trees, crops and soil fertility : concepts and research methods / edited by G. Schroth, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Research in the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil and F.L. Sinclair, School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003Copyright date: 2003Description: 1 online resource (xii, 437 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- Soil fertility
- Agroforestry
- Soil fertility -- Research
- Agroforestry -- Research
- Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000)
- Plant Nutrition
- Soil Biology
- Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Soil Physics
- Soil Fertility
- Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology)
- Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry
- Grasslands and Rangelands
- Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation
- Plants
- Agricultural soils
- Agroforestry
- Agroforestry systems
- Biomass
- Crops
- Decomposition
- Economic analysis
- Erosion
- Forest soils
- Leaching
- Multipurpose trees
- Mycorrhizal fungi
- Mycorrhizas
- Nitrogen fixation
- Nutrient availability
- Nutrient uptake
- Plant nutrition
- Rhizosphere
- Root systems
- Savanna soils
- Soil acidity
- Soil fauna
- Soil fertility
- Soil management
- Soil organic matter
- Soil structure
- Soil types
- Soil water
- Trees
- Woody plants
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- FF061
- JJ100
- JJ200
- JJ300
- JJ600
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- KK600
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This book contains seventeen chapters discussing the economic and biological aspects of soil use and research in agroforestry, with an emphasis on nutrient-poor forest and savanna soils. Topics covered include the economics of soil fertility management, cycling of water, nutrients and organic matter, soil structure, soil water, root systems, soil biological processes (e.g. nitrogen fixation, mycorrhizas and rhizosphere), soil macrofauna and erosion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-421) and index.
Impacts of Trees on the Fertility of Agricultural Soils / G. Schroth and F.L. Sinclair -- Economic Aspects of Soil Fertility Management and Agroforestry Practices / A.-M.N. Izac -- Designing Experiments and Analysing Data / R. Coe, B. Huwe and G. Schroth -- Soil Organic Matter / G. Schroth, B. Vanlauwe and J. Lehmann -- Soil Nutrient Availability and Acidity / G. Schroth, J. Lehmann and E. Barrios -- Decomposition and Nutrient Supply from Biomass / G. Schroth -- Nutrient Leaching / J. Lehmann and G. Schroth -- Nutrient Capture / G. Schroth and J. Lehmann -- Nutrient Exchange with the Atmosphere / G. Schroth and J. Burkhardt -- Soil Structure / M. Grimaldi, G. Schroth, W.G. Teixeira and B. Huwe -- Soil Water / W.G. Teixeira, F.L. Sinclair, B. Huwe and G. Schroth -- Root Systems / G. Schroth -- Biological Nitrogen Fixation / K.E. Giller -- Mycorrhizas / D.L. Godbold and R. Sharrock -- Rhizosphere Processes / D. Jones -- Soil Macrofauna / P. Lavelle, B. Senapati and E. Barros -- Soil Erosion / M.A. McDonald, A. Lawrence and P.K. Shrestha.
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