Martin and Issac quantified size-dependent variation in eight leaf traits in a single coffee genotype (Coffea arabica var. Caturra) in managed agroecosystems.
Tag - agroforestry
Juniper Kiss
Deep root biomass and bNPP of a coffee agroforestry system in Costa Rica
Costa Rican coffee (Coffea arabica) plants are often grown in agroforests. Studying the relationship between shade-inducing trees on coffee plant biomass and root competition in the topsoil, and overall belowground net...
botanyone
Do you believe agroforestry may replace monoculture in Europe?
Agroforestry was first considered as a farming method restricted to the South only, but it has recently experienced new challenges in Europe. Agroforestry is defined as any combination of trees and crops or animals on...
Aurélien Azam
Antoine Le Gal
Functional approach to predicting root decomposition
Much of plant biomass is in roots but we know much less about root properties that affect decomposition rates than we do about above-ground tissues. Aulen and Shipley measure decomposition rates of 17 species of trees...
