Trait-based approaches to unravelling the assembly of weed communities and their impact on agro-ecosystem functioning

Weed Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 479-488

  Navas, M L ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Biodiversity; Community structure; Ecosystem processes; Functional structure; Plant functional trait

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WEED CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84868129534     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2012.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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