A review of the impacts of control operations against the red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) on non-target organisms

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-137

  McWilliam, Andrew N ^a,b   Cheke, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Explosives; Fenthion; Non targets; Quelea quelea; Red billed quelea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PEST CONTROL; PROTEINS; SPRAYING;

FENTHION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FENTHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; NONTARGET ORGANISM; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PEST CONTROL; POISONING;

AFRICA; BIRD; CRUSTACEA; NONHUMAN; OWL; PASSERINE BIRD; PEST CONTROL; PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUELEA QUELEA; REVIEW;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 4043106253     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001213     Document Type: Review

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