Occurrence and distribution of earthworms in agricultural landscapes across Europe with regard to testing for responses to plant protection products

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-293

  Dinter, Axel ^a   Oberwalder, Christian ^b   Kabouw, Patrick ^b   Coulson, Mike ^c   Ernst, Gregor ^d   Leicher, Thorsten ^d   Miles, Mark ^e   Weyman, Gabe ^f   Klein, Olaf ^g  

^a DuPont de Nemours GmbH   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

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

^d BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^e Dow AgroSciences   (United Kingdom)

^f Makhteshim Agan (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthworm abundance; Field testing; Pesticides; Plant protection products; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EARTHWORM; FIELD SURVEY; GUIDELINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOXICITY TEST;

EUROPE;

ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; APORRECTODEA ROSEA; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS FRIENDI; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84872967683     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0620-z     Document Type: Article

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