Publications

Otter V., Langenberg J. (2020.0). Willingness to pay for environmental effects of agroforestry systems: a PLS-model of the contingent evaluation from German taxpayers’ perspective. Agroforestry Systems, 94(3), 811-829. doi:10.1007/s10457-019-00449-6

The standards of society with regard to agricultural land use have risen during the course of time. A method of management is increasingly being demanded that, alongside the production of food, also benefits the environment and society. Alley cropping agroforestry systems can make a contribution to …

Markwitz C., Siebicke L. (2020.0). Low-cost eddy covariance: a case study of evapotranspiration over agroforestry in Germany. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(9), 4677-4696. doi:10.5194/amt-12-4677-2019

Abstract. Heterogeneous land surfaces require multiple measurement units for spatially adequate sampling and representative fluxes. The complexity and cost of traditional eddy covariance (EC) set-ups typically limits the feasible number of sampling units. Therefore, new low-cost eddy covariance syst…

Seserman D., Freese D., Swieter A., Langhof M., Veste M. (2019.0). Trade-Off between Energy Wood and Grain Production in Temperate Alley-Cropping Systems: An Empirical and Simulation-Based Derivation of Land Equivalent Ratio. Agriculture, 9(7), 147. doi:10.3390/agriculture9070147

The alley-cropping systems (ACSs), which integrate parallel tree strips at varying distances on an agricultural field can result, complementarity of resource use, in an increased land-use efficiency. Practitioners’ concerns have been directed towards the productivity of such systems given a reduced …

Beule L., Corre M., Schmidt M., Göbel L., Veldkamp E., Karlovsky P. (2019.0). Conversion of monoculture cropland and open grassland to agroforestry alters the abundance of soil bacteria, fungi and soil-N-cycling genes. PLOS ONE, 14(6), e0218779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218779

Beule L., Lehtsaar E., Rathgeb A., Karlovsky P. (2019.0). Crop Diseases and Mycotoxin Accumulation in Temperate Agroforestry Systems. Sustainability, 11(10), 2925. doi:10.3390/su11102925

Background: Temperate agroforestry is regarded as a sustainable alternative to monoculture agriculture due to enhanced provisioning of ecosystem services. Plant health and food safety are crucial requirements for sustainable agriculture; however, studies of fungal diseases and mycotoxin contaminatio…

Beuschel R., Piepho H., Joergensen R., Wachendorf C. (2020.0). Effects of converting a temperate short-rotation coppice to a silvo-arable alley cropping agroforestry system on soil quality indicators. Agroforestry Systems, 94(2), 389-400. doi:10.1007/s10457-019-00407-2