Recovery of nontarget lepidoptera on Vancouver Island, Canada: One and four years after a gypsy moth eradication program

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 738-748

  Boulton, Timothy J ^a   Otvos, Imre S ^b   Halwas, Karen L ^c   Rohlfs, Doris A ^c  

^a International School Manila   (Philippines)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki; Garry oak; Gypsy moth; Nontarget lepidoptera; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSECTICIDES; MICROBIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS KURSTAKI; GARRY OAK; GYPSY MOTH; NONTARGET LEPIDOPTERA;

BIODIVERSITY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DECIDUOUS TREE; INSECTICIDE; MOTH; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RECOVERY; SHRUB; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIAGE; GYPSY MOTH; LARVAL STAGE; LEPIDOPTERA; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNOWBERRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECT CONTROL; LEPIDOPTERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

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

EID: 34247549561     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-079R1.1     Document Type: Article

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