Ecological models and pesticide risk assessment: Current modeling practice

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1006-1012

  Schmolke, Amelie ^a   Thorbek, Pernille ^b   Chapman, Peter ^b   Grimm, Volker ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Ecological modeling; Pesticide risk assessment; Population level effects; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ECOLOGY; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; CURRENT MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; LIFE HISTORY; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MODEL EVALUATION; PESTICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT; POPULATION LEVELS; POPULATION STRUCTURES; POPULATION-LEVEL EFFECTS; REGULATORY RISKS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS; TAXONOMIC GROUPS; TIME AND SPACE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PESTICIDE;

COMPLEXITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIFE HISTORY; MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951054279     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.120     Document Type: Article

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