A mechanistic model to predict transgenic seed contamination in bee-pollinated crops validated in an apple orchard

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2084-2092

  Tyson, Rebecca C ^a   Wilson, J Ben ^a   Lane, W David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Isolation distance; Mathematical model; Outcrossing; Pollen dispersal; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION MODEL; ISOLATION DISTANCE; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN DISPERSAL; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FORECASTING; FRUITS; GENES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ORCHARDS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEED;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BEE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GERMINATION; LANDSCAPE; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79956261143     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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