Competitive interactions and the effect of herbivory on Bt-Brassica napus, Brassica rapa and Lolium perenne

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1073-1079

  Damgaard, Christian ^a   Kjær, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Effect testing; Environmental risk assessment; Genetically modified plant; Population biological models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; BUTTERFLY; CANOLA; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERAL ORGANISM; GRASS; HERBIVORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HEXAPODA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 70349932467     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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