Effects of farming management and landscape heterogeneity on plant species composition of Mediterranean field boundaries

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 455-460

  Bassa, Montserrat ^a   Boutin, Céline ^b   Chamorro, Lourdes ^a   Sans, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Field boundary; Mediterranean grassland; Organic farming; Plant species composition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PERENNIAL PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79958032681     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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