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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780204603321

Titolo

Trees, crops, and soil fertility [[electronic resource] ] : concepts and research methods / / edited by G. Schroth and F.L. Sinclair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2003

ISBN

1-280-82980-X

9786610829804

0-85199-792-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchrothG (Goetz)

SinclairFergus L

Disciplina

631.4/22

Soggetti

Agroforestry - Research

Agroforestry

Soil fertility - Research

Soil fertility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-421) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 Impacts of Trees on the Fertility of Agricultural Soils; Chapter 2 Economic Aspects of Soil Fertility Management and Agroforestry Practices; Chapter 3 Designing Experiments and Analysing Data; Chapter 4 Soil Organic Matter; Chapter 5 Soil Nutrient Availability and Acidity; Chapter 6 Decomposition and Nutrient Supply from Biomass; Chapter 7 Nutrient Leaching; Chapter 8 Nutrient Capture; Chapter 9 Nutrient Exchange with the Atmosphere; Chapter 10 Soil Structure; Chapter 11 Soil Water; Chapter 12 Root Systems; Chapter 13 Biological Nitrogen Fixation

Chapter 14 MycorrhizasChapter 15 Rhizosphere Processes; Chapter 16 Soil Macrofauna; Chapter 17 Soil Erosion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Successful agroforestry requires an understanding of the complex relationship between trees, crops and soils. This book provides a review of both social and biophysical aspects of soil use and research in agroforestry in the tropics, with an emphasis on nutrient-poor forest and savanna soils.