GMO Research Programme - Reports
Modelling the effects on farmland food webs of herbicide and insecticide management in the agricultural ecosystem
Ref EPG 1/5/188
Synopsis
Increasingly efficient agricultural technology, including the development of GM crops, and increasing concern over the well-documented declines of farmland birds has resulted in considerable debate about the future direction of agriculture. Informed debate would be greatly enhanced if it were possible to predict the ecological consequences of various management options. The aim of this report is to provide the theoretical framework for making such predictions and illustrate its applications. In this report the opportunities available for making such predictions, the gaps in our knowledge and the opportunities for future research are examined.
Completion dates
Project completed Nov 2002
Final report
Summary available to download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format (140 KB). Full 278 page report available on written request from Defra.
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Contact details
Contractors
Professor William Sutherland
School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7RJDefra
Dr Nick Brickle
3/E8 Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 6DE.
020 7082 8082
gm@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Page published 13 October
2003;
Page last modified
2 March, 2004