Search Results - "Harmand, Jean Michel"
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Cocoa agroforest multifunctionality and soil fertility explained by shade tree litter traits
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-03-2020)“…Manipulating plant functional diversity to improve agroecosystem multifunctionality is a central challenge of agricultural systems world‐wide. In cocoa…”
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Quantification of soil organic carbon in particle size fractions using a near-infrared spectral library in West Africa
Published in Geoderma (01-03-2024)“…[Display omitted] •Particle size fraction C in a target set was predicted using a soil NIR library.•Models calibrated with the spectral library could…”
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Long term impact of Acacia auriculiformis woodlots growing in rotation with cassava and maize on the carbon and nutrient contents of savannah sandy soils in the humid tropics (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-06-2019)“…Rotational woodlots with N 2 -fixing trees may be efficient agroforestry systems, allowing farmers to alternate agricultural and wood-energy production on the…”
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Carbon dynamics in cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Cameroon: afforestation of savannah as a sequestration opportunity
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-06-2019)“…Afforestation of savannah is suggested as an approach to help addressing climate change mitigation through increased carbon (C) storage. Previous studies in…”
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Litterfall seasonal dynamics and leaf-litter turnover in cocoa agroforests established on past forest lands or savannah
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-04-2021)“…Nutrient cycling in cocoa agroforestry systems (cAFS) is complex and poorly understood. To better understand the mass flow of carbon and nutrients into the…”
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Symbiotic dinitrogen fixation by trees: an underestimated resource in agroforestry systems?
Published in Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems (01-12-2012)“…We compiled quantitative estimates on symbiotic N 2 fixation by trees in agroforestry systems (AFS) in order to evaluate the critical environmental and…”
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Potential of Bioassays to Assess Consequences of Cultivation of Acacia mangium Trees on Nitrogen Bioavailability to Eucalyptus Trees: Two Case-Studies in Contrasting Tropical Soils
Published in Plants (Basel) (10-02-2023)“…We hypothesized that the nitrogen-fixing tree could improve the growth and nitrogen nutrition of non-fixing tree species such as . We measured the…”
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Managing tree cover to restore farm productivity and build landscape and livelihood resilience in West Africa
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-10-2023)“…Land restoration and sustainable natural resource use are critical societal concerns that impact both the health of ecosystems and human well-being. There is…”
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Shade trees have higher impact on soil nutrient availability and food web in organic than conventional coffee agroforestry
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-02-2019)“…Conventional, intensively managed coffee plantations are currently facing environmental challenges. The use of shade trees and the organic management of coffee…”
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Effects of Inga densiflora on the microclimate of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and overall biomass under optimal growing conditions in Costa Rica
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-03-2010)“…The advantages of associating shade trees in coffee agroforestry systems (AFS) are generally thought to be restricted mostly to poor soil and sub-optimal…”
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Changes in carbon stock and greenhouse gas balance in a coffee ( Coffea arabica) monoculture versus an agroforestry system with Inga densiflora, in Costa Rica
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (15-02-2012)“…► The net atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) removal from converting a coffee monoculture to a coffee agroforestry plantation shaded by the N 2-fixing species…”
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Long-term dynamics of cocoa agroforestry systems established on lands previously occupied by savannah or forests
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-04-2019)“…[Display omitted] •Past land-use effects can last for decades in cocoa agroforestry systems (cAFS).•Savannah cAFS (S-cAFS) and forest cAFS (F-cAFS) show…”
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Rainfall partitioning into throughfall, stemflow and interception loss in a coffee ( Coffea arabica L.) monoculture compared to an agroforestry system with Inga densiflora
Published in Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) (06-12-2010)“…Partitioning of gross rainfall into throughfall, stemflow and rainfall interception was assessed in Costa Rica during two rainy seasons (mean annual rainfall…”
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Introducing N2-fixing trees (Acacia mangium) in eucalypt plantations rapidly modifies the pools of organic P and low molecular weight organic acids in tropical soils
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-11-2020)“…Many studies have shown that introducing N2-fixing trees (e.g. Acacia mangium) in eucalypt plantations can increase soil N availability as a result of…”
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Leaf area index as an indicator of ecosystem services and management practices: An application for coffee agroforestry
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-07-2014)“…•LAI was split by layer in coffee agroforestry system and upscaled using remote sensing.•Ten years dynamics of LAI were monitored and related to Ecosystem…”
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Modelling the continuous exchange of nitrogen between microbial decomposers, the organs and symbionts of plants, soil reserves and the atmosphere
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-10-2018)“…Most of the C and N models published over past decades are based on parameters not always linked to the environment and underestimate the role of…”
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Agroecosystem diversification with legumes or non-legumes improves differently soil fertility according to soil type
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-11-2021)“…Plant diversification through crop rotation or agroforestry is a promising way to improve sustainability of agroecosystems. Nonetheless, criteria to select the…”
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Dinitrogen fixation by the legume cover crop Pueraria phaseoloides and transfer of fixed N to Hevea brasiliensis—Impact on tree growth and vulnerability to drought
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-02-2016)“…•On an N depleted soil, 89% of the legume aboveground N was estimated to be derived from N2 fixation.•Comparison of δ15N values showed that 39–46% of tree leaf…”
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Correction to: Carbon dynamics in cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Cameroon: afforestation of savannah as a sequestration opportunity
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-06-2019)“…The published on-line ms “Carbon dynamics of cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Cameroon: afforestation of savannah as a sequestration opportunity.”…”
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Correction to: Litterfall seasonal dynamics and leaf-litter turnover in cocoa agroforests established on past forest lands or savannah
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-04-2021)“…A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00615-9…”
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