Does carbaryl increase fluctuating asymmetry in damselflies under field conditions? A mesocosm experiment with Xanthocnemis zealandica (Odonata: Zygoptera)

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 534-543

  Hardersen, Sönke ^a,b   Wratten, Steve D ^a   Frampton, Chris M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Developmental stability; Emergence; Insecticide; Odonata

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; TOXICITY;

DAMSELFLY; EMERGENCE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; WING MORPHOLOGY;

COENAGRIONIDAE; ODONATA; XANTHOCNEMIS ZEALANDICA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0032862102     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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