Similarities in vegetation development of newly established herbaceous strips along contrasting European field boundaries

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 13-26

  Kleijn, D ^a   Joenje, W ^a   Le Coeur, D ^b   Marshall, E J P ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universite de Rennes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Field margin; Species richness; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FIELD; BIOMASS; FIELD BOUNDARY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; UK;

EID: 0031976406     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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