Which traits promote persistence of feral GM crops? Part 1: Implications of environmental stochasticity

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-29

  Claessen, David ^a,c   Gilligan, Christopher A ^c   Lutman, Peter J W ^b   Van Den Bosch, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERAL ORGANISM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERSISTENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 20444377807     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13667.x     Document Type: Article

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