Invertebrate biodiversity in maize following withdrawal of triazine herbicides

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1571, 2005, Pages 1497-1502

  Brooks, David R ^a   Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Perry, Joe N ^a   Bohan, David A ^a   Champion, Gillian T ^b   Firbank, Les G ^c   Haughton, Alison J ^a   Hawes, Cathy ^d   Heard, Matthew S ^e   Woiwod, Ian P ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetically modified crops; Invertebrate biodiversity; Maize; Triazine herbicides

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; TRIAZINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BIODIVERSITY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBICIDE; INVERTEBRATE; MAIZE; TRIAZINE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; INVERTEBRATE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEED CONTROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; LINYPHIIDAE; LORICERA PILICORNIS; ZEA MAYS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; TRIAZINES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 25444453276     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3102     Document Type: Article

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