Weeds in agricultural landscapes. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-317

  Petit, Sandrine ^a   Boursault, Aline ^a   Le Guilloux, Mélanie ^a   Munier Jolain, Nicolas ^a   Reboud, Xavier ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity functions; Biological regulation; Ecosystem services; Integrated weed management; Landscape scale; Seed predation; Sustainable agriculture; Trophic web

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PERCEPTION; SEED PREDATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 80052753845     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2010020     Document Type: Review

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