A new hypothesis for the functional role of diversity in mediating resource pools and weed-crop competition in agroecosystems

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-48

  Smith, R G ^a   Mortensen, D A ^a   Ryan, M R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Coexistence; Community assembly; Crop diversity; Fertiliser; Niche; Organic; Resource partitioning; RPDH; Traits

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SOIL TYPE; WEED; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 74249114550     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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