TY - GEN A1 - Majaura, Marie A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - The influence of trees on crop yields in temperate zone alley cropping systems : a review T2 - Sustainability N2 - Agroforestry is a multifunctional land use system that represents a promising approach to mitigate the environmental impact of agriculture while enhancing the resilience of agricultural systems and ensuring sustainable food production. However, the tree rows in agroforestry systems, particularly in alley cropping systems (ACS), can affect crop productivity on adjacent agricultural fields through various mechanisms. Hence, concerns about declining yields and reduced farm profitability persist and explain the reluctance of farmers to implement ACS on their land. In this review, we examine the available literature on the effects of temperate ACS on yields of various agricultural crops to evaluate if and to what extent crop yields in ACS are affected by tree presence. We identified that ACS crop yields often vary substantially across different species, geographical locations, weather conditions and ACS designs. Our analysis also revealed that several parameters are modified in ACS by the presence of tree rows affecting crop yields positively or negatively and that ACS design aspects play a crucial role in determining crop productivity. Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083301 SN - 2071-1050 VL - 16 IS - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grünewald, Holger A1 - Bärwolff, Manuela A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Schwarz, K.- U. A1 - Schmidt, C. T1 - Establishment of alley-cropping systems with short rotation woody crops in Germany T2 - Book of Abstracts, 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/reports/docs/Book%20of%20Abstracts-Final%20with%20Index%20new.pdf SN - 978-92-9059-255-6 SP - S. 119 PB - World Agroforestry Centre CY - Nairobi, Kenya ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Wöllecke, Jens A1 - Elmer, Michael A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. T1 - Biodiversity in Agroforestry Systems T2 - Book of Abstracts, 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/reports/docs/Book%20of%20Abstracts-Final%20with%20Index%20new.pdf SN - 978-92-9059-255-6 SP - S. 598 PB - World Agroforestry Centre CY - Nairobi, Kenya ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian ED - Nelles, Michael T1 - Erzeugung von Energieholz in Energiewäldern und Agroforstsystemen T2 - Innovationen für Klimaschutz und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, 2. Rostocker Bioenergieforum, 29. und 30. Oktober 2008 an der Universität Rostock Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-86009-044-2 SP - 109 EP - 118 PB - Universität Rostock CY - Rostock ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Pekrun, C. ED - Wachendorf, Magnus ED - Francke-Weltmann, L. T1 - Agroforstsysteme in Südbrandenburg - Effekte auf Mikroklima und Wasserqualität T2 - Nachhaltige Erzeugung von Nachwachsenden Rohstoffen, Tagung vom 04. bis 06. September 2013, Weihenstephan N2 - Der Agrarholzanbau stellt allgemein eine sehr extensive Form der landwirtschaftlichen Flächennutzung dar. So können beispielsweise die Winderosion oder der Stoffaustrag in das Grundwasser durch den Anbau von Bäumen auf ackerbaulich genutzten Standorten deutlich reduziert werden. Durch die Kombination von Bäumen und konventionellen Ackerfrüchten (Agroforstwirtschaft) können auch angrenzende Feldfruchtbereiche und somit der gesamte Ackerschlag von diesen positiven Effekten des Agrarholzanbaus profitieren. Im Rahmen dieser Studie wurde beispielhaft untersucht, ob und inwieweit der streifenförmige Anbau (Alley-Cropping) von im Kurzumtrieb bewirtschaftetem Agrarholz einerseits zu einer Verbesserung des Windschutzes und andererseits zu einer Erhöhung der Grundwasserqualität beitragen kann. Y1 - 2013 N1 - Tagung der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften e.V. mit der Technischen Universität München, der Bayerischen Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und dem Technologie- und Förderzentrum Straubing, 04. bis 06. September 2013, Weihenstephan SP - 180 EP - 181 PB - Verlag Halm CY - Göttingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Hüttl, Reinhard F. ED - Freese, Dirk ED - Pittruff, N. ED - Quinkenstein, Ansgar ED - Böhm, Christian T1 - Research in agroforestry at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus T2 - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Agroforestry - Ecological Benefits of Agroforestry, 15-17 June 2011, Cottbus, Germany, Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/multiland/public/FreeseEtAl2011_Proceedings_of_the_International_Workshop_on_Agroforestry.pdf SP - S. 7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grünewald, Holger A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Bärwolff, Manuela A1 - Wöllecke, Jens A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar A1 - Hoffmann, Jörg T1 - Ökologische Aspekte von Agroforstsystemen T2 - 2. Symposium Energiepflanzen 2009, 17./18. November 2009, Berlin Y1 - 2010 UR - http://www.fnr-server.de/ftp/pdf/literatur/pdf_413-pdf_413gfg_nr_band_34_energiepflanzen.pdf SN - 978-3-942147-01-9 SP - 233 EP - 263 PB - FNR CY - Gülzow ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Böhm, Christian T1 - Nachhaltige Erzeugung von Energieholz in Agroforstsystemen (AgroForstEnergie II), Teilvorhaben 2: Bodenschutz und Bodenfruchtbarkeit, Wasserhaushalt und Mikroklima Y1 - 2015 UR - http://www.fnr-server.de/ftp/pdf/berichte/22000312.pdf PB - Brandenburgische Techn. Univ. [u.a.] CY - Cottbus-Senftenberg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Medinski, Tanya V. A1 - Freese, Dirk A1 - Böhm, Christian ED - Palma, Joao H. N. T1 - Soil respiration in alley-cropping system composed of black locust and poplar trees, Germany T2 - 2nd European Agroforestry Conference: Integrating Science and Policy to Promote Agroforestry in Practice, June 2014, Cottbus, Germany N2 - Understanding of soil carbon dynamics after establishment of alley-cropping systems is crucial for mitigation of greenhouse gas CO2. This study investigates soil CO2 flux in an alley-cropping system composed of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) and poplar (Max 1) tree strips and adjacent to them crop strips (Lupinus/ Solarigol). Soil CO2 flux was measured monthly over the March – November 2012 period, using a LI-COR LI-8100A automated device. Simultaneously with CO2 flux measurements, soil and air temperature, soil moisture, microbial C and hot water-extractable carbon (HWC) were determined for soils collected nearby each measurement collar. Root biomass was measured to a depth of 15 cm. In all sampling areas, soil CO2 flux increased from May to July, showing a significant positive correlation with air and soil temperature, which can be a reflection of increase in photosynthetic activity over the warm summer months. The relationships between soil moisture and CO2 flux showed positive correlation only for the warm period (May - October), indicating enhancing role of soil moisture on microbial mineralization and root respiration. CO2 flux values varied between sampling areas at different vegetation periods, with significantly higher values in trees over the summer. This could be attributed to the higher photosynthetic activity and higher root density in trees coppices compared to crops. In autumn, after seeding catch crop mix Solarigol, CO2 flux was significantly higher in crops compared to trees, which could be related to soil tillage prior to seeding of crops, as well as to the higher photosynthetic activity of newly seeded crops at the period of rapid plant growth. Despite a seasonal variation in CO2 flux between sampling areas, aaverage CO2 flux values observed over March – November period did not differ significantly between sampling areas, showing 2.5, 3.2, and 2.9 μmol m-2 s-1 values for black locust, poplar and crops, respectively. A greater C loss with soil respiration under trees in summer period may be compensated by greater C assimilation and storage in woody biomass, and the greater respiration from crop strips after tillage in autumn. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/6764 SN - 978-972-97874-4-7 SP - 253 EP - 254 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Quinkenstein, Ansgar ED - Palma, Joao H. N. T1 - Alley Cropping - A promising multifunctional form of land use for reclaimed lignite mining sites in Germany T2 - 2nd European Agroforestry Conference: Integrating Science and Policy to Promote Agroforestry in Practice, June 2014, Cottbus, Germany N2 - Since the 1920s, more than 80.000 ha of land have been affected by lignite opencast mining activities in the Lusatia region (Eastern Germany), resulting in the evolution of large post-mining landscapes with substrates poor in humus and nutrients. As a consequence, the current conventional crop production on these post-mining areas is restricted. Against this background, the increasing demand for woody biomass for bioenergy, and thus the cultivation of fast growing trees for woody biomass production, could represent a promising option to enhance the productivity of land reclaimed from mining. Accordingly, considerable research has been carried out over the last two decades on reclamation technology, in addition to attempts to improve the soil quality through the use of different fast growing tree species in the Lusatia lignite region. Through such studies, it has been shown that it is possible to cultivate a sustainable supply of bioenergy wood through the use of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) trees, even under the unfavourable growth conditions of the marginal post mining areas. Since this knowledge is mainly based on studies of monocultural plantations (SRC), in 2007 a short rotation alley cropping system (SRACS) was established in the reclaimed lignite mining site “Welzow-Süd” with the purpose of obtaining fresh insight. The present paper evaluates the positive impacts of agroforestry land-use in terms of soil fertility, agricultural crop production, and soil protection against wind erosion based on the results of several years of examination made in this degraded area. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/6764 SN - 978-972-97874-4-7 SP - 55 EP - 57 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Palma, Joao H. N. T1 - Impact of black locust hedgerows on wind velocity and wind erosion in Eastern Germany T2 - 2nd European Agroforestry Conference: Integrating Science and Policy to Promote Agroforestry in Practice, June 2014, Cottbus, Germany N2 - The production of energy wood on arable land increased in Germany during the last years. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is a suitable tree species in order to ensure substantial woody biomass yields on agricultural sites in eastern Germany. Arranged in hedge structures (alley cropping) positive effects on wind velocity and hence on soil erosion can be expected for the whole agricultural production area. Results of field measurements carried out in several alley cropping sites located in eastern Germany show that wind velocity can be reduced by more than 50 %, even though tree hedgerows were not higher than four meters. Here, the reduction of wind speed was dependent on the distance to woody crops, the width of the crop alleys and the orientation of hedgerows. As a result of wind speeds reduction the potential of soil erosion by wind decreases considerably. The risk of wind erosion is even nearly negligible for 24 m wide or smaller crop alleys. The establishment of short rotation hedgerows could contribute to an enhanced protection against wind erosion and thus to an ecological and possible long-term economic appreciation of agricultural sites. Aside from erosion control, further advantages such as a lower evaporation rate, and thus a crop yield increase, may be connected to the establishment of such agroforestry systems. Against the background of the increasing demand for woody biomass for bioenergy, the cultivation of fast growing trees on agricultural sites can furthermore result in an additional incomefor farmers. This is a prerequisite for the spread of this kind of agroforestry in Germany, because a comparable large share of an unprotected field has to be planted with trees in order to ensure an efficient windbreak. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/6764 SN - 978-972-97874-4-7 SP - 267 EP - 268 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Pekrun, C. ED - Wachendorf, Magnus ED - Francke-Weltmann, L. T1 - Nährstoffgehalte und Erträge von Kartoffeln in Abhängigkeit zur Entfernung vom Gehölzstreifen in einem Agroforstsystem T2 - Tagung der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften e.V. mit der Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik VDI-MEG, 16.-18. September 2014, Wien, Technik in der Pflanzenproduktion N2 - Die Agroforstwirtschaft, also die kombinierte Nutzung von Bäumen und Feldfrüchten auf einer landwirtschaftlichen Fläche, gewinnt vor dem Hintergrund der steigenden Holznachfrage sowie diverser ökologischer Vorteilswirkungen auch in Deutschland zunehmend an Bedeutung. Verglichen mit den bereits bekannten Umweltleistungen, wie etwa einer erhöhten Biodiversität sowie dem Schutz vor Winderosion, ist der potenzielle Einfluss der Gehölzstreifen auf das Wachstum bzw. die Nährstoffversorgung von angrenzenden Feldfrüchten in Agroforstsystemen noch weitestgehend ungeklärt. Zur Quantifizierung dieser möglichen Interaktion wurden im Jahr 2013 auf einem etwa 40 ha großen Agroforst-Versuchsstandort nahe der Stadt Forst (Lausitz) umfangreiche Nährstoff- und Ertragsuntersuchungen durchgeführt. Y1 - 2014 SP - 264 EP - 265 PB - Verlag Halm CY - Göttingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Kanzler, Michael A1 - Freese, Dirk ED - Pekrun, C. ED - Wachendorf, Magnus ED - Francke-Weltmann, L. T1 - Auswirkungen agroforstlicher Kurzumtriebswirtschaft auf das Bodenerosionspotential und den Kohlenstoffhaushalt sudbrandenburgischer Ackerstandorte T2 - Tagung der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften e.V. mit der Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft Agrartechnik VDI-MEG, 16.-18. September 2014, Wien, Technik in der Pflanzenproduktion N2 - ln der Region Südbrandenburg herrschen ertragsschwache, sandige Böden vor, die von Natur aus ein geringes Wasserhaltevermögen und ein hohes Degradationspotential durch Winderosion aufweisen. Zudem existiert hier ein vergleichsweise großer Flächenanteil an strukturarmen, großflächigen Bergbaufolgelandschaften, die sich zume1st durch eine geringe Standortsgüte auszeichnen. In diesem Beitrag werden Ergebnisse aus versChiedenen Studien vorgestellt, in denen untersucht wurde, ob und in welchem Ausmaß durch im Kurzumtrieb bewirtschaftete Agroforstsysteme die Anfälligkeit dieser Ackerstandorte gegenüber Winderosion gemindert und die im Boden bzw. Kippensubstrat vorhandene Menge an organischer Substanz erhöht werden kann. Y1 - 2014 SP - 54 EP - 55 PB - Verlag Halm CY - Göttingen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leue, M. A1 - Ellerbrock, Ruth H. A1 - Gerke, Horst H. A1 - Böhm, Christian T1 - In-situ characterization of organic matter composition at aggregate surfaces using DRIFT spectroscopy T2 - EGU General Assembly 2008, Wien Y1 - 2008 N1 - EGU2008-A-09003 PB - European Geophysical Society CY - Katlenburg-Lindau ER - TY - GEN A1 - Majaura, Marie A1 - Sutterlütti, Rahel A1 - Böhm, Christian A1 - Freese, Dirk T1 - High and dry : barley (Hordeum vulgare) yield benefits from tree presence in a temperate alley cropping system during a drought year T2 - Agroforestry systems N2 - Alley cropping systems (ACS) are promoted as sustainable, resilient and multifunctional land-use systems. However, concerns about yield reductions persist and whether these are driven by microclimate alterations or below-ground competition for water remains unclear. In this study, we measured wind speed, air temperature, and global radiation at seven positions within a 48 m wide crop alley of a short rotation ACS in Germany with summer barley (Hordeum vulgare) and poplar (Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii and P. trichocarpa Torrey & A. Gray) and on a treeless reference field (OF) during a particularly dry and warm year. Additionally, gravimetric soil water content and crop yield were assessed with high spatial resolution. Our results show that tree strips influenced all measured parameters. Global radiation and air temperature patterns varied dynamically with shading, while night-time air temperatures were unexpectedly highest on the OF. Wind speeds were reduced by up to 98% near tree strips and 81% further away. Soil water content displayed a U-shaped pattern, with higher values near tree strips, a rare observation in ACS. Crop yields in the ACS were twice as high as in the OF, despite being lower near tree strips. Yields were strongly correlated with global radiation but not with air temperature, wind speed, or soil water content. These findings provide preliminary evidence that tree presence in ACS can, under certain conditions, contribute to increased crop yields. The results suggest that ACS provide potential benefits for sustainable land-use, but further multi-year and multi-site studies are needed to validate the observed yield patterns across different environments and years, particularly under varying climatic conditions. Further research should also explore the indirect effects of microclimate modifications on soil water dynamics, including evapotranspiration. Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01267-9 SN - 0167-4366 VL - 99 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - GEN A1 - Majaura, Marie A1 - Sutterlütti, Rahel A1 - Böhm, Christian T1 - Tree strips reduce atmospheric evaporative demand and influence crop water use efficiency in crop alleys of a temperate alley cropping system T2 - Agricultural water management N2 - Agroforestry is widely recognized as a promising strategy for climate change adaptation and mitigation, partly because trees modify the microclimate and can thereby stabilize crop yields under increasing climatic variability and fluctuating water availability. However, how these microclimatic modifications influence precipitation partitioning, atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) and crop water-use efficiency (WUE) has received comparatively little research attention, particularly in temperate alley cropping systems (ACS). In this study, we analysed spatial patterns of precipitation (measured at gauge height), reference evapotranspiration (ET0) and WUE at varying distances from tree strips in a temperate ACS and an open field (OF) reference across three crops and two growing seasons. Higher precipitation amounts were frequently recorded in the ACS, particularly near tree strips, while values within the crop alley were often lowest at the centre position. ET0 was consistently lower in the ACS than in the OF and showed distinct spatial variability within the alley. WUE patterns depended strongly on the calculation approach: evapotranspiration-based WUE was generally higher at mid-alley positions than in the OF, whereas precipitation-based WUE showed comparable values between systems. Notably, these differences in evapotranspiration-based WUE occurred despite similar grain yields and were primarily driven by reduced AED rather than higher yields. Overall, our results show that tree-induced microclimatic buffering reduces AED within crop alleys and that resulting differences in WUE strongly depend on the metric used. KW - Tree-based intercropping KW - Microclimate KW - Piché evaporation KW - Crop yield KW - Penman-Monteith evapotranspiration Y1 - 2026 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2026.110297 SN - 0378-3774 VL - 328 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier BV CY - Amsterdam ER -