ABSTRACT
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Tree crop-based agroforestry systems, which function as multistrata systems, are an
ecologically and economically important group of land-use systems in the humid and
subhumid tropics. They are also found in dry climates in places with high water
availability; however, this aspect is not focused on here. Multistrata systems are wide-
spread in lowland and mountainous areas, often surrounding homesteads and thus
referred to as homegardens or forming a transitional zone between cultivated land into
forests (Murniati et al., 2001; Schroth et al., 2004a).
