Farm Scale Evaluations of spring-sown genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops: A statistical assessment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1583, 2006, Pages 237-243

  Clark, Suzanne J ^a   Rothery, Peter ^b   Perry, Joe N ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Count data; Farmland wildlife; Sample size; Statistical power; Treatment effects; Variability

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

CROP PLANT; FARM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOWING; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; CROP; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

INVERTEBRATA;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONS;

EID: 33645824920     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3282     Document Type: Article

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