FOR 460/560, Fall 2006 – Reading list (all are available on PDF)
FOR460/560 – AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS: LOCAL & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
READING LIST (should read in red; others optional)
Lab #1: History of agriculture in the US: an intro; Land use change, and watershed
perspectives
Lowrance et al., 1987. A hierarchical approach to sustainable agriculture. American Journal of
Alternative Agriculture. Volume 1, Number 4. pp. 169 – 173.
Tegtmeier and Duffy. 2004. External costs of agricultural production in the US. International
Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004. pp. 1-19.
Tilman, D et al., 2002. Agricultural Sustainability and intensive production systems. Nature.
Vol 418. 671-677.
Definitions, history & classification of AFS
Nair, P.K. An introduction to Agroforestry. 1993. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Pp 1-35.
MacDicken, K.G. and Vergara, N.T. 1990. Agroforestry: Classification and
Management. Pp1-45
Peter Huxley. 1999. Tropical Agroforestry. Blackwell Science.Pp 9-17
OUTCOMES
 Appreciate that agroforestry is more than trees on farms
 Get an insight into the different AF sytems
Ecological principles & assessment of AFS
--- Steve --Schroth, G. 1998. A review of belowground interactions in agroforestry, focussing on
mechanisms and management options. Agroforestry Systems 43(1-3): 5-34.
C.K.Ong, J.E. Corlett, R.B. Singh and C.R. Black. 1991. Above and below ground interactions
in agroforestry systems. Forest Ecology and Management, 45: 45-57
Economic and financial valuation of AFS
Godsey, Larry D. 2001. "Economic differences between agriculture and agroforestry." In
Proceedings from the 7th Biennial North American Agroforestry Conference, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada, August 2001. p. 94-100.
Godsey, Larry D. 2001. Economic Budgeting for Agroforestry Practices, Proceedings of Fields
and Forest 2000: A Coastal Agroforestry Conference and Trade Show, Oct.13-14,
2000, Cumberland, British Columbia."
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Kurtz, W.B. 2000. Economics and policy of agroforestry. IN: Agroforestry: An Integrated
Science and Practice, (Reitveld, W. and H.E. Garrett, eds.), American Society of
Agronomy, Madison, WI. p. 321-360 (excerpts only)
Social principles & assessment of AFS
Robinson, J.R., T.L. Napier. 2002. Adoption of nutrient management techniques to reduce
hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Agricultural Systems. 72:197-213.
Rochelau, D. 1999. Confronting Complexity, Dealing with Difference: Social Context,
Content, and Practice in Agroforestry. In: Buck, L.E., J.P. Lassoie, E.C.M. Fernandes.
(eds.) Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems. Lewis Publishers: New York.
Pp. 191-236.
Rule, L.C., C.B. Flora, S.S. Hodge. 2000. Social Dimensions of Agroforestry. In: Garrett,
H.E., W.J. Rietveld, R.F. Fisher. North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science
and Practice. American Society of Agronomy, Inc.: Madison, WI. Pp. 361-386.
Ecological interactions – complementarity vs. competition
Jose, S., A. R. Gillespie and S. G. Pallardy 2004. Interspecific interactions in temperate
agroforestry. Agroforestry Systems 61(1): 237-255.
Ong, C.K., C.R. Black, F.M. Marshall, J.E. Corlett. 1996. Principles of Resource Capture and
Utilization of Light and Water. In: Ong, C.K., Huxley, P. (eds.) Tree-Crop Interactions:
A Physiological Approach. CAB International: Cambridge. Pp. 73-158.
Gillepsie, A.R., S. Jose, D.B. Mengel, W.L. Hoover, P.E. Pope, J.R. Seifert, D.J. Biehle, T.
Stall, T.J. Benjamin. 2000. Defining competition vectors in a temperate alley cropping
system in the Midwestern USA. 1. Production Physiology. Agroforestry Systems.
48:25-40. (graduate)
Ecological interactions – nutrient cycling
Nair, P.K.R., R.J. Buresh, D.N. Mugendi, C.R. Latt. 1999. Nutrient Cycling in Tropical
Agroforestry Systems: Myths and Science. In: Buck, L.E., J.P. Lassoie, E.C.M.
Fernandes. (eds.) Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems. Lewis
Publishers: New York. Pp. 1-32.
Jose, S., A.R. Gillespie, J.R. Seifert, D.B. Mengel, P.E. Pope. 2000. Defining competition
vectors in a temperate alley cropping system in the Midwestern USA. 3. Competition
for nitrogen and litter decomposition dynamics. Agroforestry Systems. 48:61-77.
Udawatta, R. P., J. J. Krstansky, G. S. Henderson and H. E. Garrett 2002. Agroforestry
practices, runoff, and nutrient loss: A paired watershed comparison. Journal of
Environmental Quality 31(4): 1214-1225. (graduate)
Ecological interactions – water balance
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Riha and McIntyre. 1999. Water Management with Hedgerow Agroforestry Systems. In:
Buck, L.E., J.P. Lassoie, E.C.M. Fernandes. (eds.) Agroforestry in Sustainable
Agricultural Systems. Lewis Publishers: New York. Pp. 47-66.
Ong, C.K., R.R.B. Leaky. 1999. Why tree-crop interactions in agroforestry appear at odds
with tree-grass interactions in tropical savannahs. Agroforestry Systems. 45:109-129.
Jose, S., A.R. Gillespie, J.R. Seifert, D.J. Biehle. 2000. Defining competition vectors in a
temperate alley cropping system in the Midwestern USA. 2. Competition for water.
Agroforestry Systems. 48:41-59.
Seobi, T., S. H. Anderson, R. P. Udawatta and C. J. Gantzer 2005. Influence of grass and
agroforestry buffer strips on soil hydraulic properties for an Albaqualf. Soil Science
Society of America Journal 69(3): 893-901.(graduate)
Ecological interactions – carbon storage/productivity
Kelty, M.J. 2000. Species Interactions, Stand Structure, and Productivity in Agroforestry
Systems. In: Ashton, M.S., Montagnini, R. 2000. The Silvicultural Basis for
Agroforestry Systems. CRC Press: New York. Pp. 183-203.
Cannell, M.G.R., D.C. Mobbs, G.J. Lawson. 1998. Complementarity of light and water use in
tropical agroforests. II. Modelled theoretical tree production and potential crop yield in
arid to humid climates. Forest Ecology and Management. 102:275-282. (graduate)
Biodiversity Issues
Alison, R. 2004. Apples losing genetic Diversity: Scientists decry genetic similarity of today’s
apples. Toronto Star. August 7, 2004. www.thestar.com
Ehrenfeld, D. 1988. Why put a value on biodiversity? Pages 212- 216 in E. O. Wilson and F.
M. P. Peter, editors. Biodiversity. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., USA.
Goodstein, E. 2001. Deluge economics (Noah responds to God’s proposal). Ecological
Economics. 39 (2001), 1-2.
Higgens, A. 2004. Seeds Firmly Planted in the Past: Heirloom Varieties Flourish Once More at
Heritage Farm. Washington Post. Tuesday, August 31, 2004; Page A01.
Pimentel D. et al. 1997. Economic and environmental benefits of biodiversity. BioScience 47:
747-757.
Managing AFS livestock production – silvopastoral systems
Jackson, L. L. 1999. Establishing tallgrass prairie on grazed permanent pasture in the upper
Midwest. Restoration Ecology 7(2): 127-138.
Watershed Perspective – ecosystem services & economics
Boody, G., B. Vondracek, D. A. Andow, M. Krinke, J. Westra, J. Zimmerman, P. Welle. 2005.
Multifuntional agriculture in the United States. BioScience. 55(1):27-38.
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Costanza, R. et al.,1997. The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital.
Nature 387: 253-260.
Chee, Y.E. 2004. An Ecological Perspective on the Valuation of Ecosystem services.
Biological Conservation. ARTICLE IN PRESS. Accepted March 2004.
Coiner, C., J. Wu, and S. Polasky. 2001. Economic and environmental implications of
alternative landscape designs in the Walnut Creek Watershed of Iowa. Ecological
Applications. 38:119-139.
Colletti, J.C., C. Ball, W. Premachandra, C. Mize, R. Schultz, L. Rule, and J. Gan. 1993. A
Socio-economic Assessment of the Bear Creek Watershed. p. 2-295-302. In: R. Schultz
and J. Colletti (eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd North American Conference on Opportunities
for Agro forestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide. Iowa State University, Ames.
Daily, G.C. et al. 2000. The value of nature and the nature of value. Science 289: 395-6.
Vaché, K.B., J.M. Eilers, M.V. Santelmann. 2002. Water quality modeling of alternative
agricultural scenarios in the U.S. Corn Belt. Journal of the American Water Resources
Association. 38:773-787.
Managing AFS for hydrological functions – riparian buffers, etc…
Schultz, R. C., T. M. Isenhart, W. W. Simpkins and J. P. Colletti 2004. Riparian forest buffers
in agroecosystems - lessons learned from the Bear Creek Watershed, central Iowa,
USA. Agroforestry Systems 61(1): 35-50.
Burkart, M.R., D.E. James. 1999. Agricultural-nitrogen contributions to hypoxia in the Gulf of
Mexico. Journal of Environmental Quality. 28:850-859.
Lee, K.H., T.M. Isenhart, R.C. Schultz. 2003. Sediment and nutrient removal in an
established multi-species riparian buffer. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.
58(1):1-8.
Bharati, L., K.-H. Lee, T.M. Isenhart, R.C. Schultz. 2002. Soil-water infiltration under crops,
pasture, and established riparian buffer in Midwestern USA. Agroforestry Systems.
56:249-257.
Marquez, C.O., C.A. Cambardella, T.M. Isenhart, R.C. Schultz. 1999. Assessing soil quality
in a riparian buffer by testing organic matter fractions in central Iowa, USA.
Agroforestry Systems. 44:133-140.
Dosskey, M.G., M.J. Helmers, D.E. Eisenhauer, T.G. Franti, K.D. Hoagland. 2002.
Assessment of concentrated flow through riparian buffers. Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation. 57(6):336-343. (graduate)
Schilling, K.E., R.D. Libra. 2000. The relationship of nitrate concentrations in streams to row
crop land use in Iowa. Journal of Environmental Quality. 29:1846-1851. (graduate)
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Daniels, R.B., J.W. Gilliam. 1996. Sediment and chemical load reduction by grass and
riparian filters. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 60:246-251. (graduate)
Schmitt, T.J., M.G. Dosskey, K.D. Hoagland. 1999. Filter strip performance and processes
for different vegetation, widths, and contaminants. Journal of Environmental Quality.
28:1479-1489. (graduate)
Managing AFS for soil quality and nutrient cycling functions
--- Steve --Managing AFS for air quality
Tyndall, J.C. and J.P. Colletti. Mitigating Swine Odor with Strategically Designed Shelterbelt
Systems: A Review. (Forthcoming in Agroforestry Systems).
Windbreaks and shelterbelts
Kulshreshtha, S. 2005. Social goods in prairie shelterbelts. AFTA 2005 Conference
Proceedings. 16p.
Taylor Lovell, S. and W. Sullivan. 2006. Environmental benefits of conservation buffers in the
United States: Evidence, promise, and open questions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 112 (2006) 249-260.
Managing AFS for carbon storage/sequestration
Lohmann, L. 2001. The Dyson effect: carbon "offset" forestry and the privatization of the
atmosphere. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. Vol. 15, Number 1:
51-78. (Earlier version: http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/item.shtml?x=51971)
Montagnini, F. and P.K.R. Nair. 2004. Carbon sequestration: An underexploited environmental
benefit of agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems 61: 281-295, 2004.
--- STEVE--Managing AFS for wildlife habitat
--- TBD ---Forest farming systems
Rao, M.R., M.C. Palada, B.N. Becker. 2004. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Agroforestry
Systems. In: Nair, P.K.R., M.R. Rao, L.E. Buck (eds.) New Vistas in Agroforestry: A
Compendium for the 1st World Congress of Agroforestry, 2004. Kluwer Academic
Publishers: New York. Pp. 107-122.
Hill, D.B., L.E. Buck. 2000. Forest Farming Practices. In: Garrett, H.E., W.J. Rietveld, R.F.
Fisher (eds.) North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice.
American Society of Agronomy, Inc.: Madison, WI. Pp. 283-320.
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Belcher et al. 2005. The socio-economic conditions determining the development,
persistence, and decline of forest garden systems. Economic Botany 59 (3) pp. 245253.
Explore the website: http://ifcae.org/ntfp/
Peters, C.M., A.H. Gentry, and R.O. Mendelsohn. 1989. Valuation of an Amazonian rainforest.
Nature 339: 655-56.
How, when, and why of forest farming: http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/hwwff_final/index.htm
Hammett and Parsons. Writing a business plan (for non-timber forest products) – A Tutorial.
Virginia Tech Dept of Wood Science and Forest Products.
Tropical AFS: Organic shade coffee production
Perfecto, I., R.A. Rice, R. Greenberg, M.E. van der Voort. 1996. Shade coffee: A
disappearing refuge for biodiversity. BioScience. 46(8):596-608.
Bandeira, F. P., C. Martorell, J. A. Meave, J. Caballero 2005. The role of rustic coffee
plantations in the conservation of wild tree diversity in the Chinantec region of Mexico.
Biodiversity and Conservation 14(5): 1225-1240.
Perfecto, I., J. Vandermeer, A. Mas, L. S. Pinto 2005. Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee
certification. Ecological Economics 54(4): 435-446. (graduate)
Tropical AFS
---- Steve ----
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