Sublethal pesticide concentrations and predation jointly shape life history: Behavioral and physiological mechanisms

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2111-2122

  Campero, Melina ^a,b   Slos, Stefanie ^a   Ollevier, Frans ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase activity; Coenagrion puella; Compensatory mechanisms; Damselfly; Interactions between stressors; Pesticide stress; Predator stress; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPENSATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAMSELFLY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; REARING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

COENAGRION PUELLA; ZYGOPTERA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATRAZINE; CARBARIL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ENDOSULFAN; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CARBARYL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EATING; ENDOSULFAN; INSECTS; LARVA; PERCIFORMES; PESTICIDES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39049107169     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0442.1     Document Type: Article

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