A new hypothesis for the functional role of diversity in mediating resource pools and weed–crop competition in agroecosystems

S mith RG, M ortensen DA & R yan MR (2009). A new hypothesis for the functional role of diversity in mediating resource pools and weed–crop competition in agroecosystems. Weed Research. 50 , 37–48. Summary We develop a new conceptual model we call the Resource Pool Diversity Hypothesis (RPDH) aimed at explaining how soil resource pool diversity may mediate competition for soil resources between weeds and crops. The primary tenets of the RPDH...