Invertebrate responses to the management of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant and conventional spring crops. II. Within-field epigeal and aerial arthropods

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1439, 2003, Pages 1863-1877

  Haughton, A J ^a   Champion, G T ^b   Hawes, C ^c   Heard, M S ^d   Brooks, D R ^a   Bohan, D A ^a   Clark, S J ^a   Dewar, A M ^b   Firbank, L G ^d   Osborne, J L ^a   Perry, J N ^a   Rothery, P ^d   Roy, D B ^d   Scott, R J ^d   Woiwod, I P ^a   Birchall, C ^a   Skellern, M P ^a   Walker, J H ^a   Baker, P ^b   Browne, E L ^a   Dewar, A J G ^b   Garner, B H ^b   Haylock, L A ^b   Horne, S L ^a   Mason, N S ^a   Sands, R J N ^b   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

Agro ecology; Araneae; Carabidae; Environmental impact; Farm Scale Evaluations; Invertebrate biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INVERTEBRATE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242654338     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1408     Document Type: Article

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