Timing of tillage is an important filter on the assembly of weed communities

Weed Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 705-712

  Smith, Richard G ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly theory; Disturbance; Resource availability; Species traits; Temporal heterogeneity; Tillage; Weed ecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TILLAGE; WEED;

POACEAE;

EID: 33750325676     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-05-177R1.1     Document Type: Article

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