Methodology to support non-target and biodiversity risk assessment

Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms Series

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 108-132

  Hilbeck, Angelika ^a   Andow, David A ^b   Arpaia, S ^c   Birch, A N E ^d   Fontes, Eliana M G ^e   Lovei G L ^f   Sujii, E R ^e   Wheatley, R E ^d   Underwood, Evelyn ^g  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^f DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^g SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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