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Cocoa agroforestry is less resilient to suboptimal and extreme climate than cocoa in full sun: Reply to Norgrove (2017)
Author(s) -
Abdulai Issaka,
Vaast Philippe,
Hoffmann Munir P.,
Asare Richard,
Jassogne Laurence,
Asten Piet Van,
Rötter Reimund P.,
Graefe Sophie
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/gcb.14044
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , agroforestry , resilience (materials science) , environmental science , climate change , biology , ecology , physics , thermodynamics
Resilience of cocoa agroforestry vs. full sun under extreme climatic conditions. In the specific case of our study, the two shade tree species associated with cocoa resulted in strong competition for water and became a disadvantage to the cocoa plants contrary to expected positive effects.