A quantitative assessment of the unintended effects of Bt-maize (MON 810) on rove beetle (Col., Staphylinidae) assemblages

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 215-220

  Twardowski, Jacek ^a   Bereś, Paweł ^b   Hurej, Michał ^a   Klukowski, Zdzisław ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Conventional; Non target organisms; Rove beetles; Staphylinids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893454192     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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