Ecological models in support of regulatory risk assessments of pesticides: Developing a strategy for the future

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Forbes, Valery E ^a   Hommen, Udo ^b   Thorbek, Pernille ^c   Heimbach, Fred ^d   Van Den Brink, Paul J ^e   Wogram, Jörn ^f   Thulke, Hans Hermann ^g   Grimm, Volker ^g  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d RIFCON GMBH   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Individual based models; Pesticide registration; Population modeling; Recovery

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 66149092762     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-029.1     Document Type: Article

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