Quantifying the effect of buffer zones, crop areas and spatial aggregation on the externalities of genetically modified crops at landscape level

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Ceddia, M Graziano ^a   Bartlett, Mark ^b   Perrings, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L.; Buffer areas; Coexistence; Monte Carlo experiment; Negative externalities; Pollen mediated gene flow; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BUFFER ZONE; COEXISTENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE FLOW; HERBICIDE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 56449112912     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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