How do genetically modified (GM) crops contribute to background levels of GM pollen in an agricultural landscape?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1104-1113

  Lavigne, Claire ^a   Klein, Etienne K ^b   Mari, Jean François ^c   Ber, Florence Le ^d   Adamczyk, Katarzyna ^e   Monod, Hervé ^e   Angevin, Frédérique ^f  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b INRA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

^f INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Corn; Cross pollination; Landscape; Model; Pollen dispersal; Spatial distribution; Transgenic; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE FLOW; ISOLATED POPULATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAIZE; POLLEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 46749142167     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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