Weed Diversity and Uses: a Case Study from Tea Plantations in Northern Thailand

Economic Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 147-159

  Srithi, Kamonnate ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^b   Tanming, Wattana ^c   Trisonthi, Chusie ^d  

^a MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Plant Conservation Section   (Thailand)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

agricultural intensification; Agrobiodiversity; agroecology; beta diversity; ethnobotany; invasive species; weed diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018848614     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-017-9378-y     Document Type: Article

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