Aug 7, 2019
Rouzi, Aihemaitijiang; Halik, Ümüt; Thevs, Niels; Welp, Martin; Aishan, Tayierjiang, 2018, "Water Efficient Alternative Crops for Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim Basin: A Comparison of the Economic Potentials of Apocynum pictum, Chinese Red Date and Cotton in Xinjiang, China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/DH9VEA, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
This study explores a paradigm of sustainable land use in the oases along the Tarim River of northwest China, where a fragile, semi-arid riparian ecosystem is being damaged by excessive land and water use for agriculture, especially for the growing of cotton. The reliance of agri... |
Aug 7, 2019
Caspersen, Lars; Gombert, Alina Joana; Hommels, Martin; Deller, Markus; Pawolka, Marceli Wiktor; Schlossarek, Jan; Djurupova, Bermet; Dzhakypbekova, Klara; Gebauer, Jens; Kaseeva, Gulnaz; Kuchenbuch, Ralf; Kulmyrzaev, Asylbek; Mamadjanov, Davlet; Mamadjanov, Davlet; Maurer, Martin; Polesny, Zbynek; Pretzsch, Jürgen; Sarymsakov, Zakirhodja; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Smanalieva, Jamila; Verner, Vladimir; Wichern, Florian; Thevs, Niels; Moenickes, Sylvia; Kugler, Florian; Darr, Dietrich, 2018, "Utilizing the Nutritional Potential and Secondary Plant Compounds of Neglected Fruit Trees and Other Plant Species of the Walnut-Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/FMW4ZX, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Forests make significant contributions to safeguarding agricultural production, food security, and nutrition of rural and urban populations. The walnut-fruit forests in Kyrgyzstan constitute a unique resource in this regard and are of global importance as a biodiversity hotspot.... |
Aug 7, 2019
Thevs, Niels; Strenge, Eva; Kumar, Aliev; Eraaliev, Maksat; Lang, Petra; Baibagysov, Azim; Xu, Jianchu, 2018, "Tree Shelterbelts as an Element to Improve Water Resource Management in Central Asia", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/0KKJ09, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
In Central Asia, agriculture, notably irrigated agriculture, is the largest water consumer. Currently, flood and furrow irrigation are the dominant irrigation methods in Central Asia, in particular in the post-Soviet countries. Against the background of current and increasing com... |
Aug 7, 2019
Missall, Siegmund; Abliz, Abdulla; Halik, Ümüt; Thevs, Niels; Welp, Martin, 2018, "Trading Natural Riparian Forests for Urban Shelterbelt Plantations—A Sustainability Assessment of the Kökyar Protection Forest in NW China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/IVMLZI, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Cities at the fringe of the Taklimakan desert in NW China are prone to dust and sand storms with serious consequences for human well-being. The Kökyar Protection Forest was established in the 1980s as an ecological engineering project with the intent of protecting the city of Aks... |
Aug 7, 2019
Dossa, GGO; Schaefer, D; Zhang, J; Tao, J; Tao, J; Corlett, RT; Cunningham, AB; Xu, J; Cornelissen, JHC; Harrison, RD, 2018, "The cover uncovered: bark control over wood decomposition", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/5PQSTA, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1, UNF:6:gaNe973OiWneTMxSdanZ4g== [fileUNF]
Woody debris (WD) represents a globally significant carbon stock and its decomposition returns nutrients to the soil while providing habitat to microbes, plants and animals. Understanding what drives WD decomposition is therefore important. 2. WD decomposition rates differ greatl... |
Aug 7, 2019
Zhao, Yongli; Goldberg, Stefanie D; Harrison, Rhett D; Xu, Jianchu, 2018, "Spatial and seasonal variation in soil respiration 1 along a slope in a rubber plantation and a natural forest in Xishuangbanna, SW China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/QARZHY, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1, UNF:6:T8mUa8CAS9SDbglhMYO+5w== [fileUNF]
Soil respiration is a key component of the global carbon cycle, and even small changes in soil respiration rates could result in significant changes in atmospheric CO2 levels. The conversion of tropical forests to rubber plantations in SE Asia is increasingly common, and there is... |
Aug 7, 2019
Kim, Kwangchol; Wang, Ming-cheng; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Liu, Suhong; Xu, Jianchu; Zomer, Robert J, 2018, "Replication Data for: Using leaf area index (LAI) to assess vegetation response to drought in Yunnan province of China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/XYOU4Q, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Climatic extremes such as drought have becoming a severe climate-related problem in many regions all over the world that can induce anomalies in vegetation condition. Growth and CO2 uptake by plants are constrained to a large extent by drought. Therefore, it is important to under... |
Aug 7, 2019
Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Sujakhu, Nani Maiya; Merz, Juerg; Kindt, Roeland; Xu, Jianchu; Matin, Mir A; Ali, Mostafa; Zomer, Robert J, 2018, "Replication Data for: Suitability Analysis and Projected Climate Change Impact on Banana and Coffee Production Zones in Nepal", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/RXALA0, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
The Government of Nepal has identified opportunities in agricultural commercialization, responding to a growing internal demand and expansion of export markets to reduce the immense trade deficit. Several cash crops, including coffee and bananas, have been identified in the recen... |
Aug 7, 2019
Goldberg, Stefanie D; Zhao, Yongli; Harrison, Rhett D; Monkai, Jutamart; Li, Yuwu; Chau, Kating; Xu, Jianchu, 2018, "Replication Data for: Soil respiration in sloping rubber plantations and tropical natural forests in Xishuangbanna, China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/SQA0DU, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1, UNF:6:KYUrfRb7smCJ5e5HUnG22A== [fileUNF]
Soil respiration (SR) plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. The widespread and continued conversion of tropical forests to plantations is expected to drastically alter CO2 production in soil, with significant consequences for atmospheric concentrations of this cruci... |
Feb 17, 2020
Lang, Rong; Blagodatsky, Sergey; Xu, Jianchu; Cadisch, Georg, 2018, "Replication Data for: Seasonal differences in soil respiration and methane uptake in rubber plantation and rainforest", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/MP3UBK, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V2, UNF:6:W6UZnBhOzYfAb8mr1zB3sQ== [fileUNF]
Soil respiration rates were measured in a rainforest plot and three rubber plantation plots, as two times of CH4 flux measurements in rainy season, aimed to assess the land use change impact on greenhouse gases emission. Controlling factors of temporal variation of soil respirati... |

