Community-scale seedbank response to less intense rotation and reduced herbicide input at three sites

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-57

  Squire, G R ^a   Rodger, S ^a   Wright, G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable plant community; Herbicide; Reduced farm inputs; Rotations; Seedbank; Species abundance; Species area; Weed

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CROP ROTATION; HERBICIDE; SEED BANK; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 0034001592     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2000.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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