Publications

Beckmann, H., Wesseler, J., 2005. Spatial Dimension of Externalities and the Coase Theorem: Implications for Co-existence of Transgenic Crops. Working Paper Mansholt Graduate School, Wageningen University. MWP-20. Download pdf.

Beckmann, H., Soregaroli, C., Wesseler, J., (2007). Co-Existence Rules and Regulations in the European Union. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88:1193-1199. Download from Blackwell.

Bohanec, M., Džeroski, S., Žnidaršič, M., Messéan, A., Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J. (2004): Multi-attribute modelling of economic and ecological impacts of cropping systems. Informatica 28: 387-392.

Bohanec, M., Messéan, A.S., S, Džeroski, S., Žnidaršic, M., 2005. A qualitative multi-attribute model for economic and ecological evaluation of genetically modified crops. In: Hřebiček, J., Ráček, J. (Eds.). EnviroInfo Brno 2005 Networking Environmental Information Masaryk University in Brno, Brno, pp. 661-668.

Bohanec, M., Messéan, A., Scatasta, S., Žnidaršič, M., Angevin, F., Griffiths, B., Krogh, P.H., Džeroski, S., 2007. The “Grignon Model”: Qualitative Assessment of Maize Cropping Systems. Poster at SIGMEA WORKSHOP 2007, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, UK. Download poster.

Bohanec, M., Cortet, J., Griffiths, B., Žnidaršic, M., Debeljak, M., Caul, S., Thompson, J., Krogh, P.H., 2007. A qualitative multi-attribute model for assessing the impact of cropping systems on soil quality. Pedobiologia 51, 239-250.
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Bohanec, M., Messéan, A., Scatasta, S., Angevin, F., Griffiths, B., Krogh, P.H., Žnidaršič, M., Džeroski, S., 2008. A qualitative multi-attribute model for economic and ecological assessment of genetically modified crops. Ecological Modelling 215 (1-3): 247-261. Download paper from Science Direct
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Bohanec, M., Žnidaršič, M., 2008. Supporting decisions about the introduction of genetically modified crops. In: Zaraté, P., Ravat, F. (Eds.). Collaborative Decision Making: Perspectives and Challenges. IOS Press, pp. 404-415.
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Cortet, J., Andersen, M.N., Caul, S., Griffiths, B., Joffre, R., Lacroix, B., Sausse, C., Thompson, J., Krogh, P.H. (2006). Decomposition processes under Bt  (Bacillus thuringiensis) maize: Results of a multi-site experiment. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 38, 195-199.
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Cortet, J., Joffre, R., Elmholt, S., Coeurdassier, M., Scheifler, R., Krogh, P.H. (2006). Interspecific relationships among soil invertebrates influence pollutant effects of phenanthrene. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25(1): 120–127.
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Debeljak, M., Cortet, J., Demšar, D., Džeroski, S. (2005). Using data mining to assess the effects of Bt maize on soil microarthropods. Networking enviromental information : EnviroInfo Brno 2005, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection. 2005. Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University, September 7-9, 2005, pp 615-620. Download paper.

Debeljak, M., Cortet, J., Demšar, D., Krogh, P.H., Džeroski, S., Hierarchical classification of environmental factors and agricultural practices affecting soil fauna under cropping systems using Bt maize. Pedobiologia 51(3), 229-238.
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Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Larsen, T. & Krogh, P.H. (2003). Identifying most important agricultural factors for soil community of microarthropods. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference. Held 25. - 26. September 2003, ERK'2003, Ljubljana, Pp. 369-372.
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Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Krogh, P.H., Larsen, T. (2004). Using multiobjective classification to model communities of soil microarthropods. In S. Džeroski, B. Ženko and M. Debeljak (eds.), Fourth International Workshop on Environmental Applications of Machine Learning (EAML 2004), Vol. 4, pp. 21-22. Jozef Stefan Institute, Bled, Slovenia. Download extended abstract.

Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Krogh, P.H., Larsen, T. (2004) Discovering the most important factors for communities of soil microarthropods using machine learning.
ENVIROINFO 2004: 18th International Conference Informatics for Environmental Protection. 2004. CERN, Geneva, Schwitzerland, 21-23 October, 2004
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Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Krogh, P.H., Larsen, T. (2004). Discovering the most important factors for communities of soil microarthropods using machine learning. In J. STARE, G. VIDMAR and G. KOREN (eds.), International Conference Applied Statistics, pp. 17-20, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Abstract book. Abstract.

Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Krogh, P.H., Larsen, T. (2005). Using machine learning to predict the impact of agricultural factors on communities of soil microarthropods, Advances in Methodology and Statistics. Metodolški zvezki, Vol 2, No. 1, 2005, 147-159. Download paper.

Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Larsen, T., Struyf, J., Axelsen J.A., Bruus Pedersen, M., Krogh, P.H. (2006). Using multi-objective classification to model communities of soil microarthropods. Ecological Modelling. 191(1), 131-143. 
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Demšar, D., Džeroski, S., Debeljak, M., Krogh, P.H. (2006). Predicting aggregate properties of soil communities vs. comunity structure in an agricultural setting. In K. Tochtermann and A. Scharl (eds.), Managing environmental knowledge: EnviroInfo 2006: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection, pp. 295-302. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, Graz, Austria.
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Demont, M., Wesseler, J. & Tollens, E. (2002). Biodiversity versus transgenic sugar beet: The one euro question. European Review of Agricultural Economics 31(1), 1-18. Download here.

de Vaufleury, A., Kramarz, P.E., Binet, P., Cortet, J., Caul, S., Andersen, M.N., Plumey, E., Coeurdassier, M., Krogh, P.H., 2007. Exposure and effects assessments of Bt-maize on non-target organisms (gastropods, microarthropods, mycorrhizal fungi) in microcosms. Pedobiologia 51, 185-194.

Griffiths B.S., Caul S., Thompson J., Birch N., Scrimgeour C., Andersen M.N., Cortet J., Messéan A., Sausse C., Lacroix B., Krogh P.H. (2005). Microbial community structure, protozoa and nematodes in soil from field plots of genetically modified maize expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin. Plant and Soil 275(1-2): 135-146. Download from SpringerLink
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Griffiths, B.S., Caul, S., Thompson, J., Birch, A.N.E., Scrimgeour, C., Cortet, J., Foggo, A., Hackett, C.A., Krogh, P.H. (2006). Soil microbial and faunal community responses to Bt-maize and insecticide in two soils. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:734-741. Download from JEQ. Request for publication (pdf).

Griffiths, B.S., Caul, S., Thompson, J., Hackett, C.A., Cortet, J., Pernin, C., Krogh, P.H., 2008. Soil microbial and faunal responses to herbicide tolerant maize and herbicide in two soils. Plant and Soil 308, 93-103. Available from Sciencedirect.
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Griffiths, B.S, Birch, A.N.E., Caul, S. and Thompson, J. (2004). Belowground effects of transgenic maize. SCRI Annual Report 2003-2004.
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Heckmann, L., Griffiths, B.S., Caul, S., Thomson, J., Pusztai-Carey, M., Moar, W.J., Andersen, M.N. & Krogh, P.H.  (2006). Consequences for Protaphorura armata (Collembola: Onychiuridae) following exposure to genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize and non-Bt maize. - Environmental Pollution. 142, 212-216.
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Kjellsson, G., Damgaard, C., Strandberg, M., 2007. Økologisk Risikovurdering af Genmodificerede Planter i 2006, 2007. In Danish.
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Kramarz, P.E., De Vaufleury, A., Carey, M., 2007. Studying the effect of exposure of the snail Helix aspersa to the purified Bt toxin, Cry1Ab. Applied Soil Ecology 37, 169-172. Available from: Sciencedirect

Kramarz, P.E., De Vaufleury, A., Zygmunt, P.M.S., Verdun, C., 2007. Increased response to cadmium and Bacillus thuringiensis maize toxicity in the snail Helix aspersa infected by the nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26:73-79. Download paper.

Kramarz, P.E., De Vaufleury, A., Gimpert, F., Cortet, J., Tabone, E., Andersen, M.N., Krogh, P.H., 2009. Effects of Bt-maize material on the life cycle of the land snail Cantareus aspersus. Applied Soil Ecology 42, 236–242.
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Krogh, P.H., Griffiths, B.S., 2007. ECOGEN - Soil ecological and economic evaluation of genetically modified crops (preface). Pedobiologia 51, 171-173. Read introduction to ECOGEN and conclusions (download free pdf).

Krogh P.H,. Munkvold B.E., Bohanec M., Džeroski S., Heymans X., Amaikwu E. and Davies M. (2007). Collaborative systems for EU research projects. Research - European Research & Innovation Review. Vol. 1. 2007, DODS, p. 4.

Krogh, P.H., Cortet, J., Bohanec, M., Scatasta, S., Griffiths, B.S., Gomot-De Vaufleury, A., Caul, S., Birch, A.N.E., Andersen, M.N., Sausse, C., Fernandez, S., Wesseler, J., 2007. ECOGEN - Soil ecological and economic evaluation of genetically modified crops. The Parliament Magazine, 238, 54.

Krogh, P.H., Griffiths, B., Cortet, J., Andersen, M.N., Džeroski, S, Wesseler, J., Messéan, A., Sausse, C., Lacroix, B., Caul, S., Scatasta, S., Nillesen, E., Bohanec, M., Debeljak, M., Demšar, D., de Vaufleury, A., Kramarz, P., 2008. ECOGEN Final report (to EU Commission). National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University. Read summary here.

Kuosmanen, T., D. Pemsl, and J. Wesseler. (2006). Specification and estimation of production functions involving damage control inputs: A two-stage, semiparametric approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88:499-511.
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Nillesen, E., Sara S., Wesseler, J. (2006) Do environmental impacts differ for Bt, Ht and conventional corn with respect to pesticide use in Europe? An empirical assessment using the Environmental Impact Quotient. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin. 29(5), 109-118. Proceedings of the meeting Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms at Lleida (Catalonia), Spain 1-3 June 2005. Eds. J. Romeis and M. Meissle.

Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J. (2004). A Critical Assessment of Methods for Analysis of Environmental and Economic Cost and Benefits of Genetically Modified Crops in a Survey of Existing Literature. In V. Santaniello (ed.), 8th International Conference on: Agricultural Biotechnology: International Trade and Domestic Production. International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), Ravello (Italy). Download zipped Word doc. Download pdf.

Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J. (2005). Social Welfare Impacts of Genetically Modified Food Products: the supply side meets the demand side In V. Santaniello (ed.), 9th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology(ICABR): Ten Years After. Ravello (Italy). Download pdf.

Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J., Demont, M. (2005). Irreversibility, Uncertainty and the Adoption of Transgenic Crops: The Case of Bt Maize in France. 11th seminar of the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists). The Future of Rural Europe in the Global Agri-Food System. www.eaae2005.dk, Copenhagen. Download paper.

Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J., Hobbs, J. (2005). The Impact of Labeling Practices on Perceived Quality of GM Food Products. 11th seminar of the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economists). The Future of Rural Europe in the Global Agri-Food System. www.eaae2005.dk, Copenhagen.
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Scatasta S., Wesseler, J. and Demont M. (2006). Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and the Adoption of Transgenic Crops: Experiences from Applications to HT sugar beet, HT corn, and Bt Corn. In: Julian Alston, Richard Just, and David Zilberman (eds.):  Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology · Economics and Policy, Chapter 1, 1-26. Berlin: Springer.

Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J., Demont, M., 2006. A Critical Assessment of Methods for Analysis of Social Welfare Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops: a Literature Survey. Working Paper Mansholt Graduate School, Wageningen University MWP-27. Download paper.

Scatasta, S., Wesseler, J., Demont, M., Bohanec, M., Džeroski, S., Žnidaršic, M., (In press). Multi-Attribute Modelling of Economic and Ecological Impacts of Agricultural Innovations on Cropping Systems. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Download from JSCI.

Vercesi, M.L., Krogh, P.H. & Holmstrup, M. (2006). Can Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn residues and Bt-corn plants affect life-history traits in the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa? - Applied Soil Ecology, 32(2), 180-187.
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Wesseler, J. (2001). Assessing Irreversible Costs and Benefits of Transgenic Crops: A Real Option Approach. In V. Santaniello (ed.), 5th International Conference on: Biotechnology, Science, and Modern Agriculture: a New Industry at the Dawn of the Century. International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), Ravello (Italy). Abstract;  Download paper.

Wesseler, Justus, Sara Scatasta, Eleonora Nillesen (2007): The Maximum Incremental Social Tolerable Irreversible Costs (MISTICs) and other Benefits and Costs of Introducing Transgenic Maize in the EU-15. Pedobiologia 51(4):261-269.

Wesseler, J. (2003). Uncertainty, Irreversibility, and the Optimal Timing of Agricultural Policies - The Case of Transgenic Crops.
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Žnidaršič, M., Bohanec, M., Zupan, B., 2006. proDEX - A DSS tool for environmental decision-making. Environmental Modelling & Software 21, 1514-1516.
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Žnidaršič, M., Bohanec, M., Zupan, B., 2008. Modelling impacts of cropping systems: Demands and solutions for DEX methodology. European Journal of Operational Research 189, 594-608. Available from:  DOI/ScienceDirect