Weeds in fields with contrasting conventional and genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops. I. Effects on abundance and diversity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1439, 2003, Pages 1819-1832

  Heard, M S ^a   Hawes, C ^b   Champion, G T ^c   Clark, S J ^d   Firbank, L G ^a   Haughton, A J ^d   Parish, A M ^b   Perry, J N ^d   Rothery, P ^a   Scott, R J ^a   Skellern, M P ^d   Squire, G R ^b   Hill, M O ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Broom's Barn Research Station   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable weeds; Britain; Farm Scale Evaluations; Genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; WEED CONTROL;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242485893     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1402     Document Type: Article

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