TY - JOUR AU - Foli, Samson AU - Reed, James AU - Clendenning, Jessica AU - Petrokofsky, Gillian AU - Padoch, Christine AU - Sunderland, Terry PY - 2014 DA - 2014/07/29 TI - To what extent does the presence of forests and trees contribute to food production in humid and dry forest landscapes?: a systematic review protocol JO - Environmental Evidence SP - 15 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - An increasing evidence base is improving our understanding of how forests and trees provide important ecosystem services to agriculture. However, the specific functions and contributions forests and trees make to agricultural systems is far from being fully understood. This review assesses the strength of the evidence that reports how forests and trees contribute to agricultural (food) production in order to prioritize further research for better decision-making. We consider there may be significant gaps in the literature with regard to, 1) Which ecosystem services are provided by forests and trees within a landscape, 2) Over what spatial scales are these services transferred and, 3) To what extent are these services ultimately translated to increased food production? The contributions of trees to agriculture have often been poorly understood and poorly integrated into agriculture and conservation policy and practice. SN - 2047-2382 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2382-3-15 DO - 10.1186/2047-2382-3-15 ID - Foli2014 ER -