Effects on weed and invertebrate abundance and diversity of herbicide management in genetically modified herbicide-tolerant winter-sown oilseed rape

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1562, 2005, Pages 463-474

  Bohan, David A ^a   Boffey, Caroline W H ^b   Brooks, David R ^a   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Dewar, Alan M ^c   Firbank, Les G ^d   Haughton, Alison J ^a   Hawes, Cathy ^e   Heard, Matthew S ^b   May, Mike J ^c   Osborne, Juliet L ^a   Perry, Joe N ^a   Rothery, Peter ^b   Roy, David B ^b   Scott, Rod J ^d   Squire, Geoff R ^e   Woiwod, Ian P ^a   Champion, Gillian T ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canola; Genetically modified crops; Herbicide management; Oilseed rape

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBICIDE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; WEED;

AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; COLLEMBOLA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LILIOPSIDA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRASSICA NAPUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HERBICIDES; INSECTS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

EID: 20944441853     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3049     Document Type: Article

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