Herbicide resistance and biodiversity: agronomic and environmental aspects of genetically modified herbicide-resistant plants

G Schütte, M Eckerstorfer, V Rastelli… - Environmental Sciences …, 2017‏ - Springer
Farmland biodiversity is an important characteristic when assessing sustainability of
agricultural practices and is of major international concern. Scientific data indicate that …

How effective are European agri‐environment schemes in conserving and promoting biodiversity?

D Kleijn, WJ Sutherland - Journal of applied ecology, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Increasing concern over the environmental impact of agriculture in Europe has
led to the introduction of agri‐environment schemes. These schemes compensate farmers …

[کتاب][B] Design of comparative experiments

RA Bailey - 2008‏ - books.google.com
This book should be on the shelf of every practising statistician who designs experiments.
Good design considers units and treatments first, and then allocates treatments to units. It …

How agro-ecological research helps to address food security issues under new IPM and pesticide reduction policies for global crop production systems

AN E. Birch, GS Begg, GR Squire - Journal of experimental …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Drivers behind food security and crop protection issues are discussed in relation to food
losses caused by pests. Pests globally consume food estimated to feed an additional one …

Wild bee abundance and seed production in conventional, organic, and genetically modified canola

LA Morandin, ML Winston - Ecological applications, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
The ecological impacts of agriculture are of concern, especially with genetically modified
and other intensive, modern crop** systems, yet little is known about effects on wild bee …

National‐scale regulation of the weed seedbank by carabid predators

DA Bohan, A Boursault, DR Brooks… - Journal of Applied …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Assuring future food productivity and security will require that better use is made of pest
regulation provided by naturally occurring ecological services. However, empirical evidence …

Inequality in nature and society

M Scheffer, B Van Bavel, IA van de Leemput… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
Most societies are economically dominated by a small elite, and similarly, natural
communities are typically dominated by a small fraction of the species. Here we reveal a …

Do differences in food web structure between organic and conventional farms affect the ecosystem service of pest control?

S Macfadyen, R Gibson, A Polaszek, RJ Morris… - Ecology …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
While many studies have demonstrated that organic farms support greater levels of
biodiversity, it is not known whether this translates into better provision of ecosystem …

Weed species shifts in glyphosate‐resistant crops

MDK Owen - Pest Management Science: formerly Pesticide …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The adoption of glyphosate‐based crop production systems has been one of the most
important revolutions in the history of agriculture. Changes in weed communities owing to …

Conservation ecology of bees: populations, species and communities

TE Murray, M Kuhlmann, SG Potts - Apidologie, 2009‏ - apidologie.org
Recent concerns regarding the decline of plant and pollinator species, and the impact on
ecosystem functioning, has focused attention on the local and global threats to bee diversity …