On the rationale and interpretation of the Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1439, 2003, Pages 1779-1799

  Squire, G R ^a   Brooks, D R ^b   Bohan, D A ^b   Champion, G T ^c   Daniels, R E ^d   Haughton, A J ^b   Hawes, C ^a   Heard, M S ^d   Hill, M O ^d   May, M J ^c   Osborne, J L ^b   Perry, J N ^b   Roy, D B ^d   Woiwod, I P ^b   Firbank, L G ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable; Functional groups; Genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops; Invertebrates; Seedbank; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD WEB; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBICIDE;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242569908     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1403     Document Type: Article

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