Response of soil and leaf litter microarthropods to forest application of diflubenzuron

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-99

  Perry, William B ^a   Christiansen, Tim A ^a   Perry, Sue A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WV Coop Fish Wildl Res U   (United States)

Author keywords

Diflubenzuron; Forest application; Soil arthropods

Indexed keywords

DIFLUBENZURON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FOREST; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; SMINTHURUS PURPURESCENS; LYMANTRIIDAE; SMINTHURIDAE;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; DIFLUBENZURON; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; NON-TARGET INVERTEBRATE; SOIL;

USA, WEST VIRGINIA, FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

EID: 0030613324     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018658223388     Document Type: Article

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