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PUBLICATIONS

In Press
Feldpausch, Ted R., Erick C.M. Fernandes, Susan J. Riha, Elisa V. Wandelli. In review. Development of forest structure and leaf area in secondary forests regenerating from abandoned pastures in central Amazônia. Global Change Biology.

Feldpausch, Ted R., Marco Rondon, Erick C.M. Fernandes, Susan J. Riha. In press. Carbon and nutrient accumulation in secondary forests regenerating from degraded pastures in central Amazônia. Ecological Applications.

Barros, E., Neves, A., Blanchart, E.; Fernandes, E.C.M., Wandelli, E. and Lavelle, P. Soil macro and mesofauna dynamics in agroforestry systems on degraded pastureland in the Brazilian Amazon. Pedobiology.

In Preparation/Submitted/Published
Dossa, E., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Reid, S.W. Above-and belowground biomass and carbon accumulation in a Coffea canephora plantation with and without shade of Albizia adianthifolia in Southwestern Togo. Agriculture, Ecosystem and the Environment.

Dossa, E., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Reid, S.W. Above-and belowground nutrient stocks in open grown and shaded coffee in Southwestern Togo. Agriculture, Ecosystem and the Environment.

Dauphine, N.S., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Lassoie, J. Medicinal plant trade, use and habitat in the highlands of eastern Madagascar. Economic Botany.

Dailey, B., Fernandes, E.C.M, and Marks, P. Effect of ecological characteristics on the occurrence, regeneration and growth of Prunus africana in eastern Madagascar. Forest Ecology and Management.

Feldpausch, Ted R., Erick C.M. Fernandes, Susan J. Riha, Elisa V. Wandelli. Protracted dominance in tropical secondary forest succession following pasture abandonment in central Amazônia. Forest Ecology and Management.

Fernandes, E.C.M.; Perin, R.; Wandelli, E.; de Souza, S.G.; Matos, J.C.; Arco-Verde, M.; Ludewigs, T. and Neves, A. Designing and establishing agrosilvopastoral systems to rehabilitate abandoned pastureland in the Brazilian Amazon. Agroforestry Systems.

Fernandes, E.C.M. Biomass and nutrient stocks in eight leguminous tree species on a degraded Oxisol in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management.

Fernandes, E.C.M. Growth rates, biomass accumulation and nutrient stocks in 14 provenances of Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. on a typic, Paleudult in the western Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management.

Joelibarison and Fernandes, E.C.M. Rice yield and nutrient dynamics in conventional and a farmer developed, intensive rice cultivation system (SRI) in eastern Madagascar. Agriculture, Ecosystem and the Environment.

McCaffery, K.A., Fernandes, E.C.M and Rondón, M.A. Above-Ground Biomass, Carbon and Nutrient Stocks in Three Agroforestry Systems and Secondary Forest in the Central Amazon. Agroforestry Systems.

McCaffery, K.A., Rondón, M.A. and Fernandes, E.C.M. The Influence of Phosphorus, Lime and Gypsum on Soil Chemical Properties and the Growth of Inga edulis Mart., Senna reticulata (Wiild.) H.S Irwin & Barneby and Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud. Cultivated on a Degraded Oxisol in the Central Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management.

Pereira, C.N. Large earthworm casts (family Glossoscolecidae) Influence inorganic and organic phosphorus pools in a Brazilian rainforest Oxisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Rueda, B.L., Blake, R., Fernandes, E.C.M. Soil, plant and cattle nutrient dynamics on pastures in the western Amazon of Brazil. Agriculture, Ecosystem and the Environment.

Rueda, B. L., R. W. Blake, C. F. Nicholson, D. G. Fox, L.O. Tedeschi, A. N., Pell, E.C.M. Fernandes, J. F. Valentim, and J. C. Carneiro Production and economic potentials of cattle in pasture-based systems of the western Amazon of Brazil. Journal of Animal Nutrition.

Zavala, Y.; Martínez, C.E.; Reid, W.S.; Kochian, L.; E. Fernandes and Ruztke, M. ITV-ICP-AES and electron microprobe studies on elemental concentrations and distributions of coffee root tips and caps grown with various levels of Mg, Ca and Al in culture solutions . Journal of Plant Physiology.

Y. Zavala, W. S. Reid, L. Kochian, and E. Fernandes. Root development and nutrient status of coffee seedlings grown in nutrient solution with various aluminum, calcium and magnesium concentrations. To be submitted to: J. Plant Nutrition

Y. Zavala, W. S. Reid, L. Kochian, and E. Fernandes. Inter-veinal leaf calcium, magnesium and aluminum concentrations in relation to severity of Mg deficiency symptoms in coffee leaves. To be submitted to: J. Plant Nutrition

Y. Zavala, W. S. Reid, E. Fernandes, M. Ramirez, and A. Quintero. Coffee growth as affected by lime, Ca and Mg soil amendments in the Venezuelan Andes. Agronomia Tropical.

Ingram, J.S.I. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (2001) Managing Carbon Sequestration in Soils: A Note on Concepts and Terminology. Agriculture Ecosystems & the Environment . 87:111-117. (link to attached pdf file in this original message)

Gallagher, R.S. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (1999) Weed management through short-term improved fallows in tropical agroecosystems. Agroforestry Systems. 47: 197-221.

Styger, E., Rakotoarimanana, J.E.M., Rabevohitra, R. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (1999) Indigenous fruit trees of Madagascar: potential components of agroforestry systems to improve human nutrition and restore biological diversity. Agroforestry Systems. 46: 289-310.

Fernandes, E.C.M., Motavalli, P., Castilla, C., Mukurumbira, L. (1997) Management control of soil organic matter dynamics in tropical land-use systems. Geoderma. 79: 49-67.

Fernandes, E.C.M., Biot,Y., Castilla, C., Canto, A.C, Matos, J.C., Garcia, S., Perin, R. and Wandelli, E. (1997) The impact of selective logging and forest conversion for subsistence agriculture and pastures on terrestrial nutrient dynamics in the Amazon. Ciencia e Cultura. 49 (1): 34-47.

Szott, L., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Sanchez, P.A. (1991) Soil-Plant Interactions in Agroforestry. Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment. 45:127-152.

Oduol, P., Muraya, P., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Nair, P.K.R. (1988) The agroforestry Systems database at ICRAF. Agroforestry Systems 6: 253-270. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Okafor, J.C. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (1987) The compound farms of S.E. Nigeria: a predominant agroforestry homegarden system involving crops and small livestock. Agroforestry Systems 5:153-168. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

Fernandes, E.C.M. and Nair, P.K.R. (1986) An evaluation of the structure and function of tropical homegardens. Agricultural Systems 21(4):279-310. Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd., England.

Jambulingam, R. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (1986) Multipurpose trees and shrubs on farmlands in Tamil Nadu State, India. Agroforestry Systems 4:17-32. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

Fernandes, E.C.M., Oktingati, A. and Maghembe, J. (1984) The Chagga homegardens: a multistoried agroforestry cropping system on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Agroforestry Systems 2: 73-86.

Nair, P.K.R., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Wambugu, P. (1984) Multipurpose trees and shrubs for agroforestry. Agroforestry Systems 2:145-163.

Boonkird, S.A., Fernandes, E.C.M. and Nair, P.K.R. (1984) Forest Villages: an agroforestry approach to rehabilitating forest land degraded by shifting cultivation in Thailand. Agroforestry Systems 2:87-102.

Book Chapters
Fernandes, E.C.M., Pell, A. and Uphoff, N. (2002) Rethinking agriculture: New/old concepts revisited. In: Uphoff, N. and Altieri, M. (Eds) Agroecological Innovations. Earthscan.

Fernandes, E.C.M. (2001) Live fences. In: Elevitch, C.R. and Wilkinson, K.M. (Eds.). The Overstory Book: Cultivating Connections with Trees. Permanent Agriculture Resources, Hawaii.

Fernandes, E.C.M. (1998) Nodulation and nitrogen-fixation in the genus Inga. Pp. 41-51. In: Pennington, T.A. (Ed.) The Utilization of the Genus Inga (Fabacae). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. UK.

Ackerman, I.L., McCallie, E. L. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (1998) Inga and Insects: The potential for management in agroforestry. In: Pennington, T.A. (Ed.) The Utilization of the Genus Inga (Fabacae). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and ICRAF, Nairobi.

Fernandes, E.C.M. and Matos, J.C. (1995) Agroforestry strategies for alleviating soil chemical constraints to food and fiber production in the Brazilian Amazon. In: Seidl, P.R., Gottlieb, O.R. and Kaplan, M.A.C. (Eds.) Chemistry of the Amazon: Biodiversity, Natural Products, and Environmental Issues. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. pp 34-50.

Fernandes, E.C.M., Davey, C.B. and Nelson, L. (1993) Alley cropping on an Ultisol in the Peruvian Amazon: Mulch, fertilizer and tree root pruning effects. In: Ragland, J. and Lal, R. (Eds.) Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. American Society of Agronomy (ASA) Special Publication 56. Madison, WI. pp 77-96.

Fernandes, E.C.M., Garrity, D.P., Szott, L.T. and Palm, C.A. (1993) Use and potential of domesticated trees for soil improvement. In: Leakey, R and Newton, A.C. (Eds.) Tropical Trees: The Potential for Domestication - Rebuilding Forest Resources. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology/HMSO, London. pp 218-230.

Fernandes, E.C.M. and Neves, E.J. (1993) Agroforestry in the Brazilian Amazon: Appropriate technologies and research priorities. In: Forests' 92 - Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Environmental Studies of Tropical Rainforests. May 24-29, 1992. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fernandes, E.C.M. and Serrão, E.A.S. (1992) Potentially sustainable agrosilvopastoral systems for the Amazon. pp. 245-251. In: SIMDAMAZÔNIA - Proceedings of an International Workshop on the Environment, Poverty and Development. Belem, Brazil. 567 p. State Secretariat for Science, Technology and the Environment.

Fernandes, E.C.M. and Sanchez, P.A. (1990) The role of organic inputs and soil organic matter for nutrient cycling in tropical soils. pp 169-187. In: Organic matter management and tillage in humid and sub-humid Africa. Bangkok, Thailand: International Board for Soil Research and Management, 1990. IBSRAM Proceedings no. 10.

Fernandes, E.C.M. and Fernandes, E.M. (1987) Agroforestry Research Needs for Transmigration Sites in Sitiung, West Sumatra (Indonesia). Report prepared for TropSoils/USAID, Dept. of Soil Science, N.C. State University, Raleigh 27695, NC.

Nair, P.K.R. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (1984) Agroforestry as an alternative to shifting cultivation. Paper for the Expert Consultation on Alternatives to Shifting Cultivation, 22-25 February 1983, FAO Soils Bulletin 53, 169-183. Rome.

Books Edited
In my original web site, I had jpgs of the covers of these books linked to the publishers web sites. I would like to retain that format here too.

Agroforestry in Sustainable Ecosystems. (1998) Lassoie, J., Buck, L. and Fernandes, E.C.M.(Eds.)Lewis Publishers/CRC Press.

The Utilization of the Genus Inga (Fabacae). (1998) Pennington, T.A. and Fernandes, E.C.M. (Eds.) The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF).
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