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The Shade Tree Advice Tool [PDF]

, 2017
Key messages: Climate change adaptation for coffee and cocoa farming requires low cost and multipurpose solutions, such as shade trees. Selecting appropriate shade trees is paramount for maximizing tree-based ecosystem services while minimizing ...
Angebault, Charles, Asare, Richard, Bukomeko, Hannington, Giller, Onno, Gram, Gil, Jassogne, Laurence T.P., Kirabo, Enoch, Mukasa, David, Vaast, Philippe, Wolf, Just van der   +9 more
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Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces textile‐based pneumatic grippers that transform simple textiles into robust bending actuators. Detailed experiments uncover how cut geometry and fabric selection shape performance. Successful handling of fragile agricultural items showcases the potential of textile robotics for safe, scalable automation in food processing and ...
Zeyu Hou, Eran Beeri Bamani, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Lucas Ferrari Gerez   +4 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Using the MAESTRA model to simulate light interactions and photosynthesis in a heterogeneous agroforestry system under alternative density [PDF]

, 2012
Coffee-based agroforestry systems display two heterogeneous plant layers (shade tree and coffee) both discontinuous, uneven-aged and subjected to sequential pruning. Many field experiments in coffee agroforestry research have been implemented to evaluate
Charbonnier, Fabien, Dreyer, Erwin, Le Maire, Guerric, Roupsard, Olivier   +3 more
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Lianas Suppress Seedling Growth and Survival of 14 Tree Species in a Panamanian Tropical Forest [PDF]

, 2016
Lianas are a common plant growth form in tropical forests, where they compete intensely with trees, decreasing tree recruitment, growth, and survival. If the detrimental effects of lianas vary significantly with tree species identity, as is often assumed,
Andrade, Beer, Bonan, Cahill, Cai, Carsten, Cavelier, Celis, Chen, Chen, Chittibabu, Clark, Clark, Cordero, Croat, Gibbs, Heijden, Heijden, Heijden, Hooper, IBM SPSS, Ingwell, Jennifer S. Powers, Kainer, Kira, Kitajima, Kitajima, Kurzel, Laura Martínez-Izquierdo, Laurance, Leigh, Lewis, María M. García, Nichols, Pan, Peña-Claros, Phillips, Poorter, Putz, Pérez-Salicrup, Pérez-Salicrup, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Schnitzer, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Stevens, Tanner, Tobin, Toledo-Aceves, Toledo-Aceves, Vleut, Windsor, Wright, Wright, Wright, Wyka, Yavitt, Zahawi, Álvarez-Cansino   +65 more
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Engineered Living Systems With Self‐Organizing Neural Networks: From Anatomy to Behavior and Gene Expression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Ectodermal tissue excised from Xenopus embryos self‐organizes into a three‐dimensional mucociliary organoid. Here, we generate a neural variant, termed neurobot, by implanting neural precursor cells. Neurobots develop mature neurons, adopt distinct morphologies, exhibit more complex motility, and respond differentially to neuroactive compounds. Imaging
Haleh Fotowat, Laurie O'Neill, Léo Pio‐Lopez, Megan M. Sperry, Patrick Erickson, Tiffany Lin, Michael Levin   +6 more
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Measuring the Shade Coverage of Trees and Buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Findings
We investigated the spatial shade patterns of trees and buildings on sidewalks and bike lanes in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We used Lidar data and 3D modeling to analyze the spatial and temporal shade distribution across the City.
Amirhosein Shabrang, Mehdi Pourpeikari Heris, Travis Flohr   +2 more
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Carbon reserves in coffee agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionSecondary forests and coffee cultivation systems with shade trees might have great potential for carbon sequestration as a means of climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Geomar Vallejos-Torres, Nery Gaona-Jimenez, Roger Pichis-García, Luis Ordoñez, Patricia García-Gonzales, Aníbal Quinteros, Andi Lozano, Andi Lozano, Jorge Saavedra-Ramírez, Juan C. Tuesta-Hidalgo, Keneth Reategui, Wilder Macedo-Córdova, Juan R. Baselly-Villanueva, César Marín, César Marín   +14 more
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Political Ecology of Shade Coffee: Perspectives from Jamaican Blue Mountain Farmers

Conservation & Society, 2020
Jamaica's Blue Mountains are heralded as one of the world's premier coffee growing regions. Previous ecological research in Jamaica has demonstrated that shade-grown coffee practices provide beneficial ecosystem services for farmers, yet most coffee ...
Wendy C Willis, Matthew D Johnson
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Peru Cacao Alliance: Carbon sequestration as a co-benefit of cacao expansion [PDF]

, 2016
The agricultural development project, Peru Cacao Alliance (PCA), has contributed to climate change mitigation. Estimated carbon sequestration from perennial crop expansion, which was –211,467 tCO2e metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year,
Bockel, Louis, Galford, Gillian L., Grewer, Uwe, Nash, Julie, Pirolli, Gillian, White, Julianna M.   +5 more
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