Create disturbances to initiate ecological succession Ecosystems are dynamic, so they are always in the process of changing. Specifically, the species, numbers of individuals of each species, and the rates of ecosystem processes vary over time. This means that for...
One of the most fundamental ways practitioners manage agroforestry systems is through decisions about the species of plants and animals to add or remove from the system. Which species exist and the interactions between are important because they influence how the...
How do practitioners maintain biodiversity in agroforestry systems? Agroforestry systems are intentionally complex, with lots of different plants, animals, people, and other components interacting and lots of different processes occurring at the same time....
Biodiversity is essential for sustainability and resilience Biodiversity is not only essential for producing and enhancing ecosystem services; it is also critical to the sustainability and resilience of agroforestry systems. As we learned in the previous section of...
Biodiversity is essential for producing ecosystem services Ecosystem services include the direct benefits that humans receive from ecosystems and the processes and conditions that create these benefits. Ecosystem services are often categorized into four main types: ...
🔊 “You Can’t Believe It Grows Here” – Project Pawpaw with Adam D’Angelo
🔊 A Thorny Topic: Black Locust and Honey Locust for Agroforestry
🔊 “Spreadsheets on the Radio” – Farm Viability and the Fruit & Nut Compass with John Hendrickson
🔊 Getting Started with Forest Farming – Ingrid Daudert, Karam Sheban, and Robin Suggs
🔊 Agroforestry for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – with Nate Lawrence and Monika Shea