Glossary
Ecological management of vegetation associated to vineyard systems

Bioindication; bioindication

Refers to the assessment of environmental quality using living organisms (known as "bioindicators") known for their ability to act as environmental sentinels.

Service culture; crop services

The term "service crop" refers to seeded and/or spontaneous vegetation managed in the vineyard plot with the aim of providing services.

Messicoles; segetal plants

Etymologically refers to all plants "inhabiting the harvest" (i.e. winter cereals: wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt, etc.); in a stricter sense, it refers to annual/monocarpic species with winter germination and a life cycle comparable to that of winter cereals.

Ruderal; ruderal

Refers to plants that grow spontaneously in a ruderal area, i.e. an anthropized environment modified by human activity or presence (wastelands, sidewalks, roadsides and berms, agricultural areas, neighborhoods...