Nontarget effects of the mosquito adulticide pyrethrin applied aerially during a West Nile virus outbreak in an urban California environment

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-339

  Boyce, Walter M ^a   Lawler, Sharon P ^b   Schultz, Jennifer M ^a   McCauley, Shannon J ^b   Kimsey, Lynn S ^b   Niemela, Michael K ^b   Nielsen, Carrie F ^b   Reisen, William K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nontarget mortality; Pyrethrins; Ultra low volume adulticide

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); APIS MELLIFERA; ARANEAE; ARGIOPE AURANTIA; ARTHROPODA; COLIAS EURYTHEME; PAPILIONOIDEA; SYMPETRUM CORRUPTUM; WEST NILE VIRUS;

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INSECT; MOSQUITO; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 38449119932     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[335:NEOTMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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