Influence of agricultural factors on weed, carabid and bird richness in a Mediterranean cereal cropping system

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 103-108

  Guerrero, Irene ^a   Martínez, Patricia ^a   Morales, Manuel B ^a   Oñate, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; High nature value cereal systems; Mediterranean; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CEREAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FARMING SYSTEM; HERBICIDE; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOWING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

AVES; CARABIDAE;

EID: 77954862248     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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