Intensity of agricultural practices and effects on adjacent habitats

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 544-557

  Boutin, Céline ^a   Jobin, Benoît ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drift of agrochemicals in non crop habitats; Farming intensity and effects on adjacent habitats; Farming practices, intensity vs. species diversity; Hedgerows and species diversity; Herbicides and fertilizers; Noxious weeds vs. intensity of farming practices; Plant species richness; Wildlife habitats; Woodlots and species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FOREST REMNANT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEDGEROW; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

EID: 0031960177     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0544:IOAPAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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