Overview
- Synthesizes state-of-the-art ecosystem services of agroforestry
- Enhances reader understanding of the biophysical, socioeconomic, and cultural dimensions of agroforestry
- Contains case studies from tropical and temperate regions of the world
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Information from this book can be used to design land management practices for climate change mitigation, ecosystem benefits, agricultural productivity and sustainability, and for survival and profitability of family farms and to conserve biodiversity. While synthesizing information of the biophysical aspects of ecosystem services, the book also outlines the socioeconomic and policy dimensions, including appropriate incentive models to enhance adoption of agroforestry so that society at large can enjoy these important benefits
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Shibu Jose serves (2019-current) as the associate dean for research in the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources and the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Missouri (MU). Prior to his current appointment, he was the director of the School of Natural Resources at MU (2017-2018), H.E. Garrett Endowed Chair Professor and director of the MU Center for Agroforestry (2009-2017) and Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of Florida (1998-2009). Jose received his bachelor’s degree from Kerala Agricultural University, India, and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the College of Agriculture at Purdue University. He has received nearly $46 million in funding ($13 million as PI) and has published 11 edited books and nearly 200 research articles with over 7500 citations. Fourteen Ph.D. and 37 M.S. students have graduated under his supervision. He serves as Editor-In-Chief of Agroforestry Systems, the premier journal in the field of agroforestry published by Springer-Nature and on the editorial board of several other journals. He is the current Chair of the Forestry Research Advisory Council that advises the US Secretary of Agriculture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agroforestry and Ecosystem Services
Editors: Ranjith P. Udawatta, Shibu Jose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80060-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80059-8Published: 23 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80062-8Published: 24 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80060-4Published: 22 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 510
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Forestry, Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Agriculture