Effects of agricultural intensification on plant diversity in Mediterranean dryland cereal fields

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 832-840

  José María, Laura ^a   Armengot, Laura ^a   Blanco Moreno, José M ^a   Bassa, Montserrat ^a   Sans, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Characteristic arable weeds; Crop edge; Field boundary; Land use intensity; Landscape; Neighbourhood effect; Organic farming; Plant assemblages; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARABLE LAND; CEREAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DRYLAND FARMING; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORGANIC FARMING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 77954377307     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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