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Successfully planting a tree in agroforestry does not only mean buying good quality seedlings. Die off after planting is primarily attributable to inadequate management beforehand. Drying out of roots or exposure to excess sun, wind, or frost can substantially hamper the development of young trees.

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Località il Piano, Italy

The orchards are grazed by geese and Comisana dairy sheep, while Alpine goats and Jersey cows are kept out to prevent damage to the fruit trees. All animals rotate through pastures and the forest, grazing on native grasses, forest trees and acorns.

Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado

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Bisons in a forest reserve, Poland

Willow coppice, Netherlands

Red Tractor Farm

2nd EURAF Conference, 4-6 June 2014, Cottbus, Germany

Silvoarable agroforestry under cork oak (Quercus suber)

Alley-cropping at Vattholma, Sweden

Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable

Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder

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