Separating the effects of crop rotation from weed management on weed density and diversity

Weed Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 729-735

  Doucet, Colleen ^a   Weaver, Susan E ^a   Hamill, Allan S ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^b  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Margalef's species richness index; Shannon's evenness index; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED CONTROL;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033367028     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500091402     Document Type: Article

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