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 A117 Tropical Agroforestry
Peter Huxley, 1999. Iowa State Press. 371 pp. ISBN: 0632040475
A good basic reference textbook, focusing on the tropics. The publisher's blurb states: "This text
provides an analytical account of the
principles, as well as the practices, of agroforestry within the context of the needs of land occupiers
and describes the various specialist
aspects that are part of the discipline. The main objective throughout the book is to present the underlying
functional basis of woody/non-woody plant mixtures and to give a balanced account of how agroforestry
can contribute to sustainable production from land.
Understanding the biology of multipurpose trees is a key to this."
CONTENTS:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section I
1 Introduction
2 The Nature of Agroforestry
3 A Need for Agroforestry?
4 Agroforestry and the Farmer: Why Use Woody Plants?
5 Animal Agroforestry
6 Agroforestry and Soil and Water Conservation
Recommended Reading
Section II
7 The Pros and Cons of 'Woodiness'
8 Learning from Growing Crops
9 Agroforestry and the Use of Environmental Resources: the 'Promise' of Agroforestry
10 Plant Spacing and Arrangement: an Essential Management Tool
11 Resource Allocation in Plants
Recommended Reading
Section III
12 The Tree-Crop Interface: a Key to Biological Success or Failure in Agroforestry
13 Competition and Complementarity
14 Measuring the Efficiency of Agroforestry Systems
Recommended Reading
Section IV
15 Trees in Support of Agriculture: More About Trees
16 Classifying Multipurpose Trees: What Are Functional Types?
17 Phenology: Understanding Plant Behaviour
18 The Form and Nature of Root Systems
19 Pruning and Tree Management: Some Practical Aspects
20 Helpful Associations: Soil Biota, Nitrogen Fixing Organisms and Mycorrhizas
21 Propagation, Planting Out and Tree Protection
Recommended Reading
Section V
22 'Patchiness': Living in the Real World
23 Trees and their Environment
24 Agroforestry and Site Modification: Nutrient Recycling and Soil Organic Matter
25 Agroforestry and Sustainability
Recommended Reading
Section VI
26 Introducing the Philosophy and Practice of Agroforestry Research
27 Agroforestry Field Experimentation: a First Approach
Recommended Reading
Appendix 1
Some Characteristics of Trees (and Other Woody Perennials) for Consideration in Agroforestry
Appendix 2
Some Equipment Used in Agroforestry Research
References
Index
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