Effects of the mixture of avermectin and imidacloprid on mortality and developmental stability of Copera annulata (Odonata: Zygoptera) larvae

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-50

  Chang, Xiaoli ^a   Zhai, Baoping ^a   Wang, Beixin ^a   Sun, Changhai ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Fluctuating asymmetry; Pesticide; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMONITORING; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAMSELFLY; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MORTALITY; WATER POLLUTION;

COPERA ANNULATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 58149094730     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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