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Ecological Development and function of Shelterbelts in Temperate North America

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Toward Agroforestry Design

Part of the book series: Advances in Agroforestry ((ADAG,volume 4))

As the world's population continues to expand, the pressure on farmland, both from expansion of urban areas (United Nations, 2002) and from a need to produce more food and fiber (Hewitt and Smith, 1995; Gardner, 1996), will increase. In direct competition with the increasing demand for more food and fiber is a growing public desire for conservation of natural systems and a focus on quality of life issues (Matson et al., 1997; Jackson and Jackson, 2002; Pimentel et al., 2004).

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Mize, C.W., Brandle, J.R., Schoeneberger, M.M., Bentrup, G. (2008). Ecological Development and function of Shelterbelts in Temperate North America. In: Jose, S., Gordon, A.M. (eds) Toward Agroforestry Design. Advances in Agroforestry, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6572-9_3

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