Current State and Drivers of Arable Plant Diversity in Conventionally Managed Farmland in Northwest Germany

Agricultural intensification has led to dramatic diversity losses and impoverishment of the arable vegetation in much of Europe. We analyzed the status of farmland phytodiversity and its determinants in 2016 in northwest Germany by surveying 200 conventionally managed fields cultivated with seven cr...

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Main Authors: Alexander Wietzke, Clara-Sophie van Waveren, Erwin Bergmeier, Stefan Meyer, Christoph Leuschner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/12/469