Restoration of weed communities in abandoned rice paddy fields in the Tama Hills, central Japan

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 88-102

  Yamada, Susumu ^a   Okubo, Satoru ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshiko ^a   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural practice; Cultivation; Fallow; Mowing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TILLAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TAMA HILLS; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 33845407704     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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