Arable weeds as indicators of agricultural intensity - A case study from Finland

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2857-2864

  Hyvönen, Terho ^a   Huusela Veistola, Erja ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agro biodiversity; Farmland birds; Food web; Phytophagous insects; Pollinators; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIELD SURVEY; FOOD WEB; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLINATOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WEED; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 53649087658     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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