Why demographic and modeling approaches should be adopted for estimating the effects of pesticides on biocontrol agents

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-374

  Stark, John D ^a   Sugayama, Regina Lúcia ^b   Kovaleski, Adalecio ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AgroPEC Pesquisa   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA UVA E VINHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Demography; LC 50; Life table response experiments; Models; Pesticides; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION MODELING; TOXICITY;

EID: 34247336436     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9040-6     Document Type: Article

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