Arable plant communities as indicators of farming practice

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 17-26

  Hawes, C ^a   Squire, G R ^a   Hallett, P D ^a   Watson, C A ^b   Young, M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Integrated management; Organic farming; Seedbank; Soil; Weed diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROCHEMICAL; ARABLE FARMING; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROPPING PRACTICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MIXED FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING; SEED BANK; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954864970     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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