Agroforestry : anecdotal to modern science /: anecdotal to modern science. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jagdish Chander Dagar, Vindhya Prasad Tewari.
• Editors: Dagar, Jagdish Chander; Tewari, Vindhya Prasad
• Contents: Introduction -- Evolution of Agroforestry as a Modern Science -- Traditional Agroforestry Systems.-Utilizing Geospatial Technologies for Agroforestry Research and Development in India.-Monitoring and Assessment of Trees outside Forests (TOF) -- Agroforestry Practices in Temperate Regions of the World -- Agroforestry Systems in Northern Spain: The Role of Land Management and Socio-economy in the Dynamics of Landscapes -- Agroforestry Systems as Adaptation Measures for Sustainable Livelihoods and Socio-Economic Development in the Sikkim Himalaya -- Horticulture-based Agroforestry Systems for Improved Environmental Quality and Nutritional Security in Indian Temperate Region -- Alley Cropping with Short Rotation Coppices in the Temperate Region -- A Land Use Strategy for Optimizing Microclimate, Soil Organic Carbon and Ecosystem Service Provision of Agricultural Landscapes -- Soil Organic Carbon Stocks under Different Agroforestry Systems of North-Eastern Regions of India -- Silvopastoral Systems as a Tool for Territorial Sustainability and Biodiversity -- Potentials of Poplar and Eucalyptus in Indian Agroforestry for Revolutionary Enhancement of Farm Productivity -- Biodiversity Conservation in Dryland Parkland Agroforestry Practice: A Review -- Agroforestry for Increasing Farm Productivity in Water-stressed Ecologies -- Agroforestry for Rehabilitation and Sustenance of Saline Ecologies -- Prospects of Agroforestry for the Marginal Environments: Evidences from the United Arab Emirates -- Enhancing Fodder Productivity on Salt-affected Lands in Arid and Semi-arid India -- Performance of Some Agroforestry Trees for Reclamation of Salt-affected Soils in the Lowlands in Ethiopia -- Home Gardens: Drops to Sustainability -- Installation of Silvopastoral Systems with Poplar in the Delta of the Paraná River, Argentina -- Cut-and-carry for Sustaining Productivity and Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems: Coffee-Leucaena Example -- Multistrata Systems -- Potentials and Challenges of Cocoa Based Agroforests in the Humid Tropics -- Evolution of Acacia koa on the Hawaiian Islands -- Microbial Biodiversity in Agroforestry Systems -- Soil Microarthropods: Biodiversity and Role in Soil Amelioration in Grassland and Agroforestry Ecosystems -- Role of Entomology in Sustaining Agroforestry Productivity -- Urban and Peri-urban Agroforestry as Multifunctional Land Use -- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change through Agroforestry Practices in the Tropics -- Profiling Carbon Storage/Stock of Cocoa Agroforests in Forest Landscape of Southern Cameroon -- Silvopasture Economics in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest United States -- Bioenergy in India: Status, Policies and Prospects -- Pollinator Services in Coffee Agroforests of the Western Ghats -- Regulating Ecosystem Services Delivered in Agroforestry Systems -- Challenges and Strategies to Address Food and Livelihood Security in Agroforestry -- Socio-economic and Policy Considerations in the Adoption of Agroforestry Systems: An Ecosystem-based Adaptive Governance Approach.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer Singapore Imprint Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (XIII, 879 pages), 175 illustrations, 116 illustrations
• Subjects: 630; Agroforestry; Life sciences; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Biotic communities; Forests and forestry; Sustainable development; GARDENING -- Fruit; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Sustainable development; Life sciences; Forests and forestry; Biotic communities; Biodiversity; Agriculture; Agroforestry; Life Sciences; Agriculture; Forestry; Sustainable Development; Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811076503; 9811076502
• Related ISBNs: 9789811076497; 9811076499
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.