Weed and arthropod communities in soyabean as related to crop productivity and land use in the Rolling Pampa, Argentina

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-571

  De La Fuente, E B ^a   Perelman, S ^a   Ghersa, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diversity; Field margins; Functional groups; NDVI; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; EXTINCTION; FIELD MARGIN; FIELD SURVEY; HERBICIDE; LAND USE; LANDSAT; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOYBEAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED CONTROL;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ARTHROPODA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 78049428655     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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