Soybean yield and resource conservation field borders

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 142-146

  Stamps, W Terrell ^a   Dailey, Thomas V ^b   Gruenhagen, Ned M ^c   Linit, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobwhite; Colinus virginianus; Conservation Reserve Program; Field margin; Grassland birds

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; HERB; INSECT; PEST SPECIES; SOYBEAN;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38949198355     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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