Monitoring effects of GM crops on butterflies: The use of multiscale approaches for general surveillance

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Aviron, Stephanie ^a   Sanvido, O ^a   Herzog, F ^a   Baudry, J ^b   Romeis, J ^a   Bigler, F ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Landscape; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33845649417     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-006-0093-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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