Effects of Weed Control Practices on Plant Diversity in a Homogenous Olive-Dominated Landscape (South-East of Italy)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Do different WCPs lead to different weed communities?
- How do WCPs affect plant diversity?
- Finally, what recommendations can be drawn for a sustainable management of the olive orchard agro-environments?
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Material and Methods
4.1. Study Area
4.2. Vegetation Sampling
4.3. Statistical Treatments of Data
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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T | A | p-Values | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Presence–Absence (P/A) | −12.5 | 0.16 | ≤0.001 | |
P/A: | Ti vs. He | −11.07 | 0.16 | ≤0.001 |
P/A: | Ti vs. Mo | −4.61 | 0.06 | ≤0.001 |
P/A: | Mo vs. He | −10.77 | 0.15 | ≤0.001 |
Abundance–Dominance (AD) | −15.83 | 0.22 | ≤0.001 | |
AD: | Ti vs. He | −12.64 | 0.21 | ≤0.001 |
AD: | Ti vs. Mo | −5.81 | 0.08 | ≤0.001 |
AD: | Mo vs. He | −14.38 | 0.23 | ≤0.001 |
Response Variables | Significant Predictors | p-Values |
---|---|---|
Diversity | ||
Richness | Chemical herbicides | ≤0.001 |
Shannon | Chemical herbicides | ≤0.001 |
Life forms | ||
Hemicryptophytes | Mowing | ≤0.001 |
Therophytes | Mowing | 0.004 |
Chorotypes | ||
Wide-ranging | Chemical herbicides | ≤0.001 |
Steno-Mediterranean | Chemical herbicides | 0.0131 |
Turano-Mediterranean | Chemical herbicides | ≤0.001 |
Eury-Mediterranean | Chemical herbicides | ≤0.001 |
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Terzi, M.; Barca, E.; Cazzato, E.; D’Amico, F.S.; Lasorella, C.; Fracchiolla, M. Effects of Weed Control Practices on Plant Diversity in a Homogenous Olive-Dominated Landscape (South-East of Italy). Plants 2021, 10, 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061090
Terzi M, Barca E, Cazzato E, D’Amico FS, Lasorella C, Fracchiolla M. Effects of Weed Control Practices on Plant Diversity in a Homogenous Olive-Dominated Landscape (South-East of Italy). Plants. 2021; 10(6):1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061090
Chicago/Turabian StyleTerzi, Massimo, Emanuele Barca, Eugenio Cazzato, Francesco Saverio D’Amico, Cesare Lasorella, and Mariano Fracchiolla. 2021. "Effects of Weed Control Practices on Plant Diversity in a Homogenous Olive-Dominated Landscape (South-East of Italy)" Plants 10, no. 6: 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061090