The effects of annual cultivation on plant community composition of uncropped arable field boundary strips

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 196-205

  Critchley, C N R ^a   Fowbert, J A ^a   Sherwood, A J ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Arable flora; Disturbance; Field margin; Germination periodicity; Partial Redundancy Analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; FIELD MARGIN; PLANT COMMUNITY;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 32144441982     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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