Systemic risks of genetically modified organisms in crop production: Interdisciplinary perspective

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Schmidt, Gunther ^a   Kleppin, Lukas ^a   Schroder, Winfried ^a   Breckling, Broder ^b   Reuter, Hauke ^b   Eschenbach, Christiane ^c   Windhorst, Wilhelm ^c   Höltl, Karen ^d   Wurbs, Angelika ^d   Barkmann, Jan ^e   Marggraf, Rainer ^e   Thiel, Manuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beekeeping; Bt maize; Coexistence; GMO; Landscape scale; Monitoring; Oilseed rape; Pollination; Webgis

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949158935     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.18.2.9     Document Type: Article

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