Effects of avermectin residues in cattle dung on yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae) populations in grazed pastures

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-138

  Webb, L ^a,b   Beaumont, D J ^b   Nager, R G ^c   McCracken, D I ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Avermectin; Doramectin; Dung fly; Fluctuating asymmetry; Ivermectin; Scathophaga stercoraria

Indexed keywords

AVERMECTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PASTURE; PITFALL TRAP; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FLY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIPTERA; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 34248188091     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485307004683     Document Type: Article

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