1. Preface

   • J. Beer

   Preface Pages: 3 - 4

2. Agrisilvicultural systems involving annual crops

   Announcement Pages: 75 - 75

3. Estimates of above-ground biomass and nutrient accumulation in Mimosa scabrella fallows in southern Brazil

   • E. Somarriba
   • D. Kass

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 84

4. Interdisciplinary analysis of homegardens in Nicaragua: micro- zonation, plant use and socioeconomic importance

   • V. E. Méndez
   • R. Lok
   • E. Somarriba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 96

5. Initial growth of pioneer timber tree species in a Taungya system in the humid lowlands of Costa Rica

   • A. Schlönvoigt
   • J. Beer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 108

6. Agrisilvicultural systems involving perennial crops

   Announcement Pages: 109 - 109

7. Survival, growth, timber productivity and site index of Cordia alliodora in forestry and agroforestry systems

   • E. Somarriba
   • R. Valdivieso
   • G. Galloway

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 118

8. Fine root dynamics of shaded cacao plantations in Costa Rica

   • F. Muñoz
   • J. Beer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 130

9. Shade improves coffee quality in a sub-optimal coffee-zone of Costa Rica

   • R. G. Muschler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 139

10. Financial returns, stability and risk of cacao-plantain-timber agroforestry systems in Central America

    • O. A. Ramírez
    • E. Somarriba
    • P. Ferreira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 154

11. Silvopastoral systems

    Announcement Pages: 155 - 155

12. Improving rumen fermentation and milk production with legume-tree fodder in the tropics

    • A. Camero
    • M. Franco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 166

13. Promoting intake of Cratylia argentea as a dry season supplement for cattle grazing Hyparrhenia rufa in the subhumid tropics

    • M. Ibrahim
    • M. Franco
    • J. L. Araya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 175