The impact of sown grass strips on the spatial distribution of weed species in adjacent boundaries and arable fields

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-40

  Cordeau, Stéphane ^a   Petit, Sandrine ^a   Reboud, Xavier ^a   Chauvel, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Grime strategy; Habitat transition; Species assemblage; Transect; Weed ingress

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BUFFER ZONE; FIELD MARGIN; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT; WEED;

ALOPECURUS MYOSUROIDES; ANAGALLIS; ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; BROMUS; CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS; CAREX; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; ELYMUS REPENS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER; VIOLA TRICOLOR; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 84859929629     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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