The effects of landscape complexity on arable weed species diversity in organic and conventional farming

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 873-882

  Roschewitz, Indra ^a   Gabriel, Doreen ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a   Thies, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning; Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Conservation; Seed bank; Seed rain; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; ORGANIC FARMING; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 22544452895     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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