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Agroforestry Options for Degraded Landscapes in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, 8.5% of the global human population lives on 3.0% of the land area. With 7.9% of the global agricultural land base, the region has 14.7% and 28.9% of such land with at least 10% and 30% tree...
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Open AccessTree or shrub: a functional branch analysis of Jatropha curcas L.
Jatropha curcas is an oil-bearing semi-evergreen shrub or small tree with potential as a source of sustainable biofuel, yet information regarding vegetative and fruit biomass in relation ...
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Open AccessLow carbon emission development strategies for Jambi, Indonesia: simulation and trade-off analysis using the FALLOW model
Economic growth in rural areas has to align with preservation of land uses that optimise environmental services. This means that trade-offs between economic and ecological priorities need to be understood, qua...
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Open AccessWill funding to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and (forest) Degradation (REDD+) stop conversion of peat swamps to oil palm in orangutan habitat in Tripa in Aceh, Indonesia?
Tripa is the last remaining peat-swamp forest that harbours a potentially viable Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) sub-population in a formally but not effectively protected area. It appears to be a simple showca...
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Evaluating a non-destructive method for calibrating tree biomass equations derived from tree branching architecture
Functional branch analysis (FBA) is a promising non-destructive method that can produce accurate tree biomass equations when applied to trees which exhibit fractal branching architecture. ...
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Tree shape plasticity in relation to crown exposure
Trees outside closed forest stands differ in the relation between stem diameter, height and crown volume from trees that grew with neighbours close by. Whether this plasticity in tree shape varies between spec...
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Open AccessReconciling root plasticity and architectural ground rules in tree root growth models with voxel automata
Dynamic models of tree root growth and function have to reconcile the architectural rules for coarse root topology with the dynamics of fine root growth (and decay) in order to predict the strategic plus oppor...
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A Component-Based Framework for Simulating Agricultural Production and Externalities
Although existing simulation tools can be used to study the impact of agricultural management on production activities in specific environments, they suffer from several limitations. They are largely specializ...
