Earthworm management in tropical agroecosystems
Social forestry : changing perspectives in forestry science or practice?
Forestry has been defined as a profession embracing the science and the practice of creating, conserving, and managing forests for the continuing use of these resources. Since its inception in the 18th century it has gradually evolved in character in response to changing social values. At the end of the 1970s a new concept was introduced in forestr...
Erosion control in the tropics
Simulation of maize growth under conservation farming in tropical environments.
This book is written for students and researchers with a keen interest in the quantification of the field soil water balance in tropical environments and the effect of conservation farming on crop production. Part 1 deals with the potential production, i.e. crop growth under ample supply of water nutrients in a pest-, disease- and weed-free environ...
Evaluation of water management strategies for sustainable land use of acid sulphate soils in coastal low lands in the tr...
Trees and light : tree development and morphology in relation to light availability in a tropical rain forest in French ...
Tropical rain forest trees spend their life in a heterogeneous light environment. During their life history, they may change their growth in relation to different levels of light availability. Some of their physiological processes (e.g. photosynthesis, carbon allocation, and meristern activity) change with light availability, and tune their develop...
Essays in economics of renewable resources
In dit proefschrift neem ik een aantal onderwerpen die betrekking hebben op de economische theorie van beheer van natuurlijke hulpbronnen onder de loep. Voorbeelden van natuurlijke hulpbronnen zijn visvoorraden, bossen en olie. Het onderzoeksveld is breed en biedt keuze uit een scala aan onderwerpen, ieder met zijn eigen problemen, eigenaardigheden...
Radar remote sensing to support tropical forest management
This text describes an investigation into the potential of radar remote sensing for application to tropical forest management. The information content of various radar images is compared and assessed with regard to the information requirements of parties involved in tropical forest management at the global, national and local spatial levels. The st...
Bridging the gap between plant physiology and breeding : identifying traits to increase wheat yield potential using syst...
Part of the required increase in wheat production in currently high yielding wheat producing regions, like in the (sub-)tropics (ME1), will have to be obtained primarily by increased genetic wheat yield potential. Progress obtained by breeding to increase yield potential was substantial in the past, but is currently declining. Support from other di...
The role of plant residues in soil management for food production in the humid tropics : final report DGIS project NG/91...
