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C.K. Ong
Affiliation : World Agroforestry Centre
- 45Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
C.K. Ong has 45 indexed publications (1991–2013). Their work appears mainly in “Agroforestry Systems”, “Forest Ecology and Management” and “Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment”. Their most cited article, “The redistribution of soil water by tree root systems” (1998), has been cited 608 times. 2 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, India.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsPublications (45)
- Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services
- Trees improve water storage and reduce soil evaporation in agroforestry systems on bench terraces in SW Uganda
- Understorey microclimate and crop performance in a Grevillea robusta-based agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya
- Tree species and pruning regime affect crop yield on bench terraces in SW Uganda
- Gas exchange and water use efficiency of trees and maize in agroforestry systems in semi-arid Kenya
- Tree growth and management in Ugandan agroforestry systems: effects of root pruning on tree growth and crop yield
- Manipulating phenology and water relations in Senna spectabilis in a water limited environment in Kenya
- Early growth performance and water use of planted West African provenances of Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn (karité) in Gonsé, Burkina Faso
- Soil water dynamics in cropping systems containing Gliricidia sepium, pigeonpea and maize in southern Malawi
- Contour Hedgerows and Grass Strips in Erosion and Runoff Control on Sloping Land in Semi-Arid Kenya
- Nitrogen Dynamics in Cropping Systems in Southern Malawi Containing Gliricidia sepium, Pigeonpea and Maize
- Water Use of Tree Lines: Importance of Leaf Area and Micrometeorology in Sub-Humid Kenya
- Tree and crop productivity in Grevillea, Alnus and Paulownia-based agroforestry systems in semi-arid Kenya
- Evaporation from soils below sparse crops in contour hedgerow agroforestry in semi-arid Kenya
- Ecological interactions, management lessons and design tools in tropical agroforestry systems
- Lessons from two long-term hydrological studies in Kenya and Sri Lanka
- Ecological interactions, management lessons and design tools in tropical agroforestry systems
- Soil erosion prediction using RUSLE for central Kenyan highland conditions
- Tree and crop productivity in gliricidia/maize/pigeonpea cropping systems in southern Malawi
- Tree phenology and water availability in semi-arid agroforestry systems
- Water use in a Grevillea robusta–maize overstorey agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya
- Spatial distribution of root length density and soil water of linear agroforestry systems in sub-humid Kenya: implications for agroforestry models
- Tree–crop interactions: manipulation of water use and root function
- Use of calliandra–Napier grass contour hedges to control erosion in central Kenya
- Tree roots: conduits for deep recharge of soil water
- Roots, soil water and crop yield: tree crop interactions in a semi-arid agroforestry system in Kenya
- Productivity, microclimate and water use in Grevillea robusta-based agroforestry systems on hillslopes in semi-arid Kenya
- Tree pruning as a means of controlling water use in an agroforestry system in Kenya
- Long-term productivity of a Grevillea robusta-based overstorey agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya
- Allometric estimation of above-ground biomass and leaf area in managed Grevillea robusta agroforestry systems
- Long-term productivity of a Grevillea robusta-based overstorey agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya: I. Tree growth
- Why tree-crop interactions in agroforestry appear at odds with tree-grass interactions in tropical savannahs
- Reverse flow of sap in tree roots and downward siphoning of water by Grevillea robusta
- Modelling soil evaporation in an agroforestry system in Kenya
- INFLUENCE OF SCATTERED NÉRÉ AND KARITÉ TREES ON MICROCLIMATE, SOIL FERTILITY AND MILLET YIELD IN BURKINA FASO
- Can the ecosystem mimic hypotheses be applied to farms in African savannahs?
- Root distributions in a Grevillea robusta-maize agroforestry system in semi-arid Kenya
- The redistribution of soil water by tree root systems
- Biophysical interactions in tropical agroforestry systems
- Biophysical interactions in tropical agroforestry systems
- Competition for water in a hedge-intercrop system
- The central agroforestry hypothesis: the trees must acquire resources that the crop would not otherwise acquire
- Using sap flow gauges to quantify water uptake by tree roots from beneath the crop rooting zone in agroforestry systems
- Light interception and evapotranspiration in hedgerow agroforestry systems
- Productivity of annual cropping and agroforestry systems on a shallow Alfisol in semi-arid India
Publication venues
- Agroforestry Systems × 16
- Forest Ecology and Management × 7
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment × 5
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology × 4
- Oecologia × 2
- Plant and Soil × 2
Publications per year
- 20131
- 20121
- 20092
- 20084
- 20064
- 20052
- 20043
- 20035
- 20022
- 20012
Collaborations
Partner institutions : University of Nottingham · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · University of Nairobi · Kenya Agricultural Research Institute · Wageningen University & Research
Co-authors’ countries : United Kingdom · United States · Netherlands · India
Co-authors
- A. A. H. Khan
- J.E. Lott
- S.B. Howard
- Meka R. Rao
- Francis N. Gichuki
- Bancy Mati
- M. K. O’Neill
- John Kinyuru Ng’ang’a
- Richard Coe
- Catherine Wangari Muthuri
- Victoria Wambui Ngumi
- Meine van Noordwijk
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