Coffee-based Agroforests in Ethiopia

This book compressively presents for the first time data of vegetative structure plus diversity and composition of tree and other woody species in coffee-based agroforests in Ethiopia, which vary in their level of management from little to intensive cultivation. Although the major focus of the book is tree species, which are the key component in this agroecosystem, the functions of coffee-based agroforests as a habitat for other taxa and a source for ecosystem services (e.g., pollination, pest control and NTFPs), and the long-term impacts of intensifying coffee management on these functions and coffee yield are also discussed. The book can be used for students, teachers, researchers, agronomists, foresters, ecologists and conservationists.