The effect of crop, cultivation and seed addition for birds on surface weed seed densities in arable crops during winter

Weed Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 503-511

  Holland, J M ^a   Smith, B M ^a   Southway, S E ^a   Birkett, T C ^a   Aebischer, N J ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Arable crops; Birds; Cultivation; Predation; Seed return; Seedbank; Weed control

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BIRD; CROP; CULTIVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SEED; WEED CONTROL;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PATULA; AVES; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; HORDEUM; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIOLA ARVENSIS; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 56549098084     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2008.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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