The demography of feral alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) populations occurring in roadside habitats in Southern Manitoba, Canada: Implications for novel trait confinement

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1448-1459

  Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V ^a   Gulden, Robert H ^a   Begg, Graham S ^b   van Acker, Rene C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Demography; Ferality; GE alfalfa; Gene flow; Trait confinement

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; COEXISTENCE; CULTIVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; GENE FLOW; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INHERITANCE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MANITOBA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 77955664251     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0330-2     Document Type: Article

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