Response of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) field populations to four years of lepidoptera-specific Bt corn production

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1269-1274

  Floate, K D ^a   Carcamo H A ^a   Blackshaw, R E ^a   Postman, B ^a   Bourassa, S ^a,b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Bioassay; Long term; Nontarget effects; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; MAIZE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; ZEA MAYS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AMARA APRICARIA; AMARA CARINATA; AMARA FARCTA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS AMPUTATUS; LEPIDOPTERA; POECILUS SCITULUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35648943779     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1269:ROGBCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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