Species richness and evenness as a function of biomass in arable plant communities

Weed Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Poggio, Santiago L ^a   Ghersa, C M ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Biodiversity; Dominance; Ecological succession; Fallows; Sustainable agriculture; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARABLE FARMING; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; FALLOW; GROUND COVER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHADING; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WEED CONTROL;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 79955548076     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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