About the Book
Successful agroforestry requires an understanding of the complex relationship between trees, crops and soils. This book provides a review of both economic and biophysical aspects of soil use and research in agroforestry, with an emphasis on nutrient-poor forest and savanna soils. Key topics covered include the economics of soil fertility management, cycling of water, nutrients and organic matter, soil structure, and soil biological processes. The book combines synthetic overviews of research results and a review of methods used in research.
Table of Contents:
1: Impacts of trees on the fertility of agricultural soils, G Schroth and F L Sinclair 2: Economic aspects of soil fertility management and agroforestry practices, A M N Izac, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya 3: Designing experiments and analysing data, R Coe, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya, B Huwe, University of Bayreuth, Germany and G Schroth 4: Soil organic matter, G Schroth, B Vanlauwe, Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme, Nairobi, Kenya and J Lehmann, Cornell University, USA 5: Soil nutrient availability and acidity, G Schroth, J Lehmann and E Barrios, CIAT, Cali, Colombia 6: Decomposition and nutrient supply from biomass, G Schroth 7: Nutrient leaching, J Lehmann and G Schroth 8: Nutrient capture, G Schroth and J Lehmann 9: Nutrient exchange with the atmosphere, G Schroth and J Burkhardt, University of Bonn, Germany 10: Soil structure, M Grimaldi, IRD-ORSTOM, France, G Schroth, W G Teixeira, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria-Amazonia Ocidental, Brazil and B Huwe 11: Soil water, W G Teixeira, F L Sinclair, B Huwe and G Schroth 12: Root systems, G Schroth 13: Biological nitrogen fixation, K E Giller, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 14: Mycorrhizas, D L Godbold and R Sharrock, University of Wales, Bangor, UK 15: Rhizosphere processes, D Jones, University of Wales, Bangor, UK 16: Soil macrofauna, P Lavelle, Laboratoire d’Ecologie des Sols Tropicaux, France, B Senapati, Sambalpur University, India and E Barros, INPA, Brazil 17: Soil erosion, M A McDonald, University of Wales, Bangor, UK, A Lawrence, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK and P K Shrestha, LI-BIRD, Nepal
