The risks of biocontrol: Transient impacts and minimum nontarget densities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1872-1882

  Lynch, L D ^a   Ives, A R ^b   Waage, J K ^c   Hochberg, M E ^d   Thomas, M B ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Biological control; Extinction risk; Host parasitoid dynamics; Host range testing; Insect biocontrol; Nontarget effect; Nontarget risks; Parasitoids as biocontrol agents; Population models and biological control

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0242417132     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1872:TROBTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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