Beschreibung:
Agroforestry can increase the resilience of agriculture to the predicted changes in climate. Alley cropping systems are a form of agroforestry where tree lines are integrated into the agricultural area in regular distances. Combined with grassland, they increase the climate change mitigation potential by increasing carbon storage. Additionally, tree lines have a positive effect on microclimate parameters with lower potential evapotranspiration rates close to the trees due to reductions in wind speed and air temperature. The present thesis includes four studies on the interactions between tr...