The joint effects of larval density and 14C-cypermethrin on the life history and population growth rate of the midge Chironomus riparius

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1049-1059

  Hooper, Helen L ^a   Sibly, Richard M ^a   Maund, Steve J ^b   Hutchinson, Thomas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG   (Switzerland)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Life tables; Pyrethroids; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

CYPERMETHRIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA;

EID: 0346991575     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2003.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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