Red flag for green spray: Adverse trophic effects of Bti on breeding birds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 884-889

  Poulin, Brigitte ^a   Lefebvre, Gaetan ^a   Paz, Leire ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Bird breeding success; Cascading effect; Delichon urbicum; Diet assessment; Food web perturbation; Mosquito control; Pesticide impact; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WEB; MOSQUITO; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PASSERINE; PREY SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARANEAE; AVES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; DIPTERA; NEMATOCERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954366341     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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