Functional biodiversity in the agricultural landscape: Relationships between weeds and arthropod fauna

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 388-401

  Barberi P ^a   Burgio, G ^b   Dinelli, G ^b   Moonen, A C ^a   Otto, S ^c   Vazzana, C ^d   Zanin, G ^e  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Ecological services; Entomology; Food web; Insects; Multifunctional agriculture; Trophic interactions; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENTOMOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GENETIC VARIATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SAMPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SOIL FAUNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77956269748     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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