The impact of landscape structure and sown grass margin strips on weed assemblages in arable crops and their boundaries

Weed Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Marshall, E J P ^a  

^a Marshall Agroecology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Anisantha sterilis; Biodiversity; Buffer strip; Dispersal; Elytrigia repens; Field margin; Landscape; Rare weed species

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BUFFER ZONE; GRASS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPACING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BROMUS STERILIS; ELYMUS REPENS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 58149380068     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2008.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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