Long-term effects of imidacloprid on the abundance of surface- and soil-active nontarget fauna in turf

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-419

  Peck, Daniel C ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Collembola; Neonicotinoid insecticides; Nontarget effects; Scarabaeidae; Soil microarthropods; Staphylinidae; Turfgrass; White grubs

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; POACEAE; SCARABAEIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; SYMPHYPLEONA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 70350168317     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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