Determining indicators, methods and sites for monitoring potential adverse effects of genetically modified plants to the environment: The legal and conceptional framework for implementation

Euphytica

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 845-852

  Züghart, Wiebke ^a   Benzler, Armin ^a   Berhorn, Frank ^a   Sukopp, Ulrich ^a   Graef, Frieder ^a,b  

^a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Environmental protection; GM crops; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349130289     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9475-6     Document Type: Article

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