A novel index of land use intensity for organic and conventional farming of Mediterranean cereal fields

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 699-707

  Armengot, Laura ^a   José María, Laura ^a   Blanco Moreno, José M ^a   Bassa, Montserrat ^a   Chamorro, Lourdes ^a   Sans, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Land use intensity gradient; Nitrogen inputs; Seed origin; Weed control intensity; Weed species richness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; CROP ROTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEED CONTROL;

SPAIN;

EID: 84861817022     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-011-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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