Forage productivity, species evenness and weed invasion in pasture communities

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-183

  Tracy, Benjamin F ^a   Sanderson, Matt A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

North America; Pastures; Plant community diversity; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; PASTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; WEED;

RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS;

EID: 1542351520     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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