Shelterbelts (or windbreaks) can effectively improve the microclimate and soil conditions of adjacent farmland thus increase crop yield. However, individual contribution these two factors to yield changes is still unclear since short-term effect from accumulated jointly affect The latter (soil effect) supposed remain after shelterbelt-cutting, inducing a post-cutting legacy on yield, which be u...

Farming families on the plains of Japan arrange small forest-like woodlands in their farmyards and villages; these are called “Yashikirin.” While Yashikirin have various functions, geographers interested windbreak function, conducted many studies. In recent studies, researchers consider conservation report that woodland use affects sustainability. On other hand, research normal forests analyzes...

Pheromone-baited traps are often used in ecological studies of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). However, differences in trap captures may be confounded by trap design, trap location relative to a windbreak, and changes in local weather. The objectives of this experiment were, first, to examine differences in 0. nubilalis adult (moth) captures among ...

Most forest growth models are not suitable for the highly fragmented, linear (or linearly shaped) forests in the Great Plains agroecosJrstems (e.g., windbreaks, riparian forest buffers), where such forests are a minor but ecologically important component of the land mosaics. This study used SEEI)SCAPE, a recently modified gap model designed for cultivated land mosaics in the Creat Plains, to si...

The adverse impacts of climate variability and change are felt mostly by smallholder farmers farming systems where rainfed agriculture is predominant. Continuous dependence on rain-fed has led to declining crop productivity failure in most cases as weather patterns shift which very problematic for growth. Agroforestry one the climate-smart, environmentally benign agroecological practices been f...