Predicting avian distributions to evaluate spatiotemporal overlap with locust control operations in eastern Australia

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2026-2037

  Szabo, Judit K ^a,b,c   Davy, Pamela J ^b   Hooper, Michael J ^a   Astheimer, Lee B ^b,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Australian plague locust; Avian species occurrence; Chortoicetes terminifera; Ecotoxicology; Fipronil; Generalized linear models; Locust control pesticides; Locust outbreaks; Organophosphates; Predictive models; Risk of exposure to pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; LOCUST; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RARE SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSHOPPER; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT CONTROL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 71549132540     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0264.1     Document Type: Article

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