No support for fluctuating asymmetry as a biomarker of chemical residues in livestock dung

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 354-368

  Floate, Kevin D ^a   Coghlin, Paul C ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CATTLE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IVERMECTIN; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

BOS; DIPTERA; SCATHOPHAGA STERCORARIA; SCATHOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 77956788561     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n10-014     Document Type: Article

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