Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-105

  Geiger, Flavia ^a   Bengtsson, Jan ^b   Berendse, Frank ^a   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^c   Emmerson, Mark ^d   Morales, Manuel B ^e   Ceryngier, Piotr ^f   Liira, Jaan ^g   Tscharntke, Teja ^h   Winqvist, Camilla ^b   Eggers, Sönke ^b   Bommarco, Riccardo ^b   Pärt, Tomas ^b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ⁱ   Plantegenest, Manuel ^j   Clement, Lars W ^c   Dennis, Christopher ^d   Palmer, Catherine ^d   Oñate, Juan J ^e   Guerrero, Irene ^e   Hawro, Violetta ^f   Aavik, Tsipe ^g   Thies, Carsten ^h   Flohre, Andreas ^h   Hänke, Sebastian ^h   Fischer, Christina ^h   Goedhart, Paul W ^a   Inchausti, Pablo ⁱ   more..

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

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Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Agricultural intensification; Birds; Carabids; Organic farming; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; AVES; CARABIDAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77049108156     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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