Research

Agroecology; Plant-soil interactions;Biogeochemical cycling; Environment and Development.

Selected Publications

- Isaac, M.E., Harmand, J.M., Lesueur, D. and Lelon, J.  2011. Tree age and soil phosphorus conditions influence N2-fixation rates and soil N dynamics in natural populations of Acacia senegal. Forest Ecology and Management,261: 582-588.

 

- Isaac, M.E., Adjei, E., Issaka, R., Timmer, V.R.  2011. A strategy for improved tree-perennial crop productivity: nursery phase nutrient additions in cocoa-shade agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems,  81: 147-155.

 

- Isaac, M.E., Dawoe, E. 2011. Agrarian communication networks: Consequences for agroforestry. In Ö. Bodin and C. Prell, editors. Social Networks and Natural Resource Management:Uncovering the Social Fabric of Environmental Governance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

 

- Kimaro, A.A., Isaac, M.E. and Chamshama, S.O.A. 2011. Carbon pools in tree biomass and soils under rotational woodlot systems in Eastern Tanzania. In Kumar, B.M. and Nair, P.K.R. (eds.) Carbon sequestration in Agroforestry: Process, Policy and Prospects, accepted.

 

- Isaac, M.E. and A.A. Kimaro. 2011. Diagnosis of nutrient imbalances with vector analysis in agroforestry systems. Journal of Environmental Quality 40: 860-866.

 

- Isaac, M.E.,Harmand, J.M., and Drevon, J.J.  2010.Growth and nitrogen acquisition strategies of Acacia senegal under phosphorus gradients.  Journal of Plant Physiology, in press

 

-Isaac, M.E., Kimaro A.A., Teng Y., Timmer V.R.  2010. Increasing agricultural complexity: An approach for integration of trees in crop landscapes. Open Agricultural Journal, special issue, 4: 64-71.

 

- Dawoe, E., M.E. Isaac, and S.J. Quashie-Sam.  2009.  Litterfall dynamics in cocoa-agroforestry systems of lowland Ghana.  Plant and Soil, 330: 55-64.

 

- Isaac, M.E. and Dawoe, E.  2009.  Promoting long-term farm diversity: Integrative management of cocoa agroforestry systems in Ghana.  Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana) 26: 26-33.

 

- Isaac, M.E., Dawoe, E. and Sieciechowicz, K.  2009.  Assessing localized knowledge use in agroforestry management with cognitive maps.  Environmental Management 43: 1321-1330.