Responses of nontarget Lepidoptera to foray 48b® Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1297-1304

  Boulton, Timothy J ^a  

^a International School Manila   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Garry oak Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki; Gypsy moth; Nontarget Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; INSECTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

OAK-DOMINATED HABITATS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

TOXICITY;

FORAY 48B; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; INSECTICIDE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GYPSY MOTH; HOST; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; OAK; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNOWBERRY;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; LEPIDOPTERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GARRYANA; SYMPHORICARPOS; SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS;

EID: 2442555070     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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