Sown grass strips harbour high weed diversity but decrease weed richness in adjacent crops

Weed Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Cordeau, S ^a   Petit, S ^a   Reboud, X ^a   Chauvel, B ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Agri environment scheme; Edge effect; Field margin; Grassy strip; Refuge; Shannon index; Species richness; Weed ingress

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DISPERSAL; EDGE EFFECT; FIELD MARGIN; GRASS; REFUGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84855314905     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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