Vegetation development of sown grass margins in arable fields under a countrywide agri-environment scheme

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Critchley, C Nigel R ^a   Fowbert, John A ^a   Sherwood, Ann J ^a   Pywell, Richard F ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community invasibility; Field margin; Habitat creation; Seed mixture; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FIELD MARGIN; GRASSLAND; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; POACEAE;

EID: 33745501712     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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