Methods used to assess non-target effects of invertebrate biological control agents of arthropod pests

BioControl

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 821-870

  Babendreier, Dirk ^a   Bigler, Franz ^a   Kuhlmann, Ulrich ^b  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Methods; Non target effects; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27644521226     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-005-3633-3     Document Type: Review

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