Invertebrate responses to the management of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant and conventional spring crops. I. Soil-surface-active invertebrates

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1439, 2003, Pages 1847-1862

  Brooks, D R ^a   Bohan, D A ^a   Champion, G T ^b   Haughton, A J ^a   Hawes, C ^c   Heard, M S ^d   Clark, S J ^a   Dewar, A M ^b   Firbank, L G ^d   Perry, J N ^a   Rothery, P ^d   Scott, R J ^d   Woiwod, I P ^a   Birchall, C ^a   Skellern, M P ^a   Walker, J H ^a   Baker, P ^b   Bell, D ^d   Browne, E L ^a   Dewar, A J G ^b   Fairfax, C M ^d   Garner, B H ^b   Haylock, L A ^b   Horne, S L ^a   Hulmes, S E ^d   Mason, N S ^a   Norton, L R ^d   Nuttall, P ^d   Randle, Z ^d   Rossall, M J ^d   Sands, R J N ^b   Singer, E J ^d   Walker, M J ^b   more..

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Collembola; Environmental impact; Farm Scale Evaluations; Genetically modified crops; Invertebrate biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBICIDE; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242569905     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1407     Document Type: Article

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