The functional ecology of present-day arable weed floras and its applicability for the identification of past crop husbandry

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-504

  Jones, Glynis ^a   Charles, Michael ^a   Bogaard, Amy ^b   Hodgson, John G ^a   Palmer, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Archaeobotany; Functional ecology; Husbandry practices; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644785892     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0081-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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