General Surveillance of the soil ecosystem: An approach to monitoring unexpected adverse effects of GMO's

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-113

  Smit, Eric ^a   Bakker, Peter A H M ^b   Bergmans, Hans ^a   Bloem, Jaap ^c   Griffiths, Bryan S ^d   Rutgers, Michiel ^a   Sanvido, Olivier ^e   Singh, Brajesh K ^f   Van Veen, Hans ^g   Wilhelm, Ralf ^h   Glandorf, Debora C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^h INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

General Surveillance; Genetically modified plants; Monitoring; Soil

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; DATA RESOURCES; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EU LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL SURVEILLANCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; GM CROPS; NETHERLANDS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLING; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION;

CONSERVATION; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MONITORING; SOILS; SURVEYS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CULTIVATION; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL QUALITY; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 80054696616     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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