Leaf area index as an indicator of ecosystem services and management practices: An application for coffee agroforestry

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 192, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-37

  Taugourdeau, Simon ^a,b   le Maire, Guerric ^a,c   Avelino, Jacques ^d,e,f   Jones, Jeffrey R ^e,j   Ramirez, Luis G ^h   Jara Quesada, Manuel ^h   Charbonnier, Fabien ^a,b   Gómez Delgado, Federico ^g   Harmand, Jean Michel ^a   Rapidel, Bruno ^d,e   Vaast, Philippe ^a,i   Roupsard, Olivier ^a,e  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UMR TETIS   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^f Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^g INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^h Cafetalera Aquiares SA   (Costa Rica)

ⁱ WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^j REDD CCAD GIZ Project German International Cooperation Agency Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Coffee; Ecosystem services; Hydrology; LAI; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84901590062     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.03.042     Document Type: Article

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