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Shade Tree Interactions

Shade Tree Interactions is a theoretical construct in landscape ecology that characterizes the biotic and abiotic relationships between overstory canopy species and understory vegetation, specifically elucidating how competitive and facilitative dynamics mediated by light attenuation, root competition, and microclimatic modification influence plant community composition and performance in shaded environments.

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245

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122

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2017–2026

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The effect of tree shade and grass on surface and globe temperatures in an urban area

D. Armson, Paul W. Stringer, A. Roland Ennos · Urban forestry & urban greening · 2012 · 656 citations

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Shade as a Cause of the Association Between the Cactus Neobuxbaumia Tetetzo and the Nurse Plant Mimosa Luisana in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico

Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet, Exequiel Ezcurra · Journal of Ecology · 1991 · 506 citations

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Effects of nutrients and shade on tree‐grass interactions in an East African savanna

Fulco Ludwig, Hans de Kroon, H.H.T. Prins et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science · 2001 · 191 citations

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The influence of shade trees on coffee quality in small holder coffee agroforestry systems in Southern Colombia

Aske Skovmand Bosselmann, Klaus Dons, Thomas Oberthür et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2008 · 180 citations

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Shade tree effects in an 8-year-old cocoa agroforestry system: biomass and nutrient diagnosis of Theobroma cacao by vector analysis

Marney E. Isaac, V. R. Timmer, S.J. Quashie-Sam · Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems · 2007 · 160 citations

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Authors

245

  1. PV
    Philippe Vaast

    Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, France

    3 publications · 309 citations

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  2. RF
    Roger F. Anderson

    Rex Hospital, United States

    3 publications · 66 citations

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  3. JT
    Jimmy T. Pico

    Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Ecuador

    3 publications · 112 citations

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  4. CS
    Cristian Subía

    Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Ecuador

    3 publications · 112 citations

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  5. KP
    Kevin Piato

    HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland

    3 publications · 112 citations

    3

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Institutions

122

  1. Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie

    Turrialba, Costa Rica

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    675 citations

  4. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. Institut Agro Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    840 citations

  6. Fonctionnement et Conduite des Systèmes de Culture Tropicaux et Méditerranéens

    Montpellier, France

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    993 citations

  7. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    228 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    544 citations

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  1. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

    9 publications · 701 citations

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  2. Agroforestry Systems

    7 publications · 332 citations

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  3. Forest Ecology and Management

    5 publications · 238 citations

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  4. Ecology

    4 publications · 231 citations

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  5. Oecologia

    3 publications · 274 citations

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