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Agroforestry Systems: The Role of Trees in Ecosystem Services—A Special Issue in Collaboration with the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry
This special issue belongs to the section “Forest Ecology and Management“.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Planting trees in the agricultural landscape in the form of establishing agroforestry systems has a significant role to play in potentially improving ecosystem services, such as increased biodiversity, reduced soil erosion, increased soil carbon storage, improved food security and nutrition, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. While the role of trees in agroforestry systems in improving ecosystem services has been researched, studies in new systems/regions and new agroforestry system designs are still emerging. This Special Issue will include selected papers presented at the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry, Montpellier, France 20-22 May 2019, and other volunteer papers. The scope of articles will include all aspects of agroforestry systems.
Prof. Scott X. Chang
Dr. Yi Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adoption of agroforestry practices
- agroforestry policies
- agroforestry system
- air and water quality
- biodiversity conservation
- carbon sequestration
- climate change
- ecosystem services
- food security and nutrition
- greenhouse gas emission
- mitigation
- modeling
- resource use efficiency
- restoration of degraded land
- soil enrichment
- soil conservation
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Published Papers
Forests - ISSN 1999-4907