A review of existing and potential New World and Australasian vertebrate pesticides with a rationale for linking use patterns to registration requirements

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-125

  Eason, Charles T ^a   Fagerstone, Kathleen A ^b   Eisemann, John D ^b   Humphrys, Simon ^c   O'Hare, Jeanette R ^b   Lapidge, Steven J ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

America; Australia; Data requirements; Environmental safety; New Zealand; Regulation; Toxin

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SAFETY; TOXIN; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951460483     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870903243463     Document Type: Review

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