Quantifying the effect of organic farming, field boundary type and landscape structure on the vegetation of field boundaries

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-186

  Aavik, Tsipe ^a,b   Liira, Jaan ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use intensity; Agricultural landscapes; Agrotolerant species; Boundary width; Nature value species; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FIELD MARGIN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC FARMING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEYING; WEED;

EID: 70449100744     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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