Functional approaches for assessing plant and invertebrate abundance patterns in arable systems

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Hawes, C ^a   Haughton, A J ^b   Bohan, D A ^b   Squire, G R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable food webs; Community composition; Functional diversity; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LILIOPSIDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57749207547     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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