Phytotoxicity testing for herbicide regulation: Shortcomings in relation to biodiversity and ecosystem services in agrarian systems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 415, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-92

  Boutin, C ^a   Aya, K L ^b   Carpenter, D ^a   Thomas, P J ^a   Rowland, O ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem service; Phytotoxicity testing; Risk assessment; Trait based approach

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GROWTH STAGES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PHENOLOGICAL STAGE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT FUNCTION; PLANT PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE STAGE; SPECIES SELECTION; TRAIT-BASED APPROACH; TROPHIC LEVEL; WILD SPECIES;

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; HERBICIDES; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED CONTROL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

HERBICIDE;

AGRARIAN CHANGE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HERBICIDE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOTOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERNS; HERBICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84855858136     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.046     Document Type: Article

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