Weed seedbanks in arable fields: Effects of management practices and surrounding landscape

Weed Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-640

  Jose Maria L ^a   Sans, F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop edge; Land use intensity; Landscape complexity; Organic farming; Seedbank density; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP ROTATION; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC FARMING; PADDY FIELD; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED CONTROL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 80055119129     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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