Annual losses of weed seeds due to predation in organic cereal fields

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 824-836

  Westerman, P R ^a,b   Wes, J S ^a   Kropff, M J ^a   Van Der Werf, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seed burial; Seed mortality; Seed production; Weed population dynamics

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED PREDATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEED;

AVENA; AVENA FATUA; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; STELLARIA; STELLARIA MEDIA;

EID: 0141836718     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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