A meta-analysis of the effects of pesticides and fertilizers on survival and growth of amphibians

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-156

  Baker, Nick J ^a,c   Bancroft, Betsy A ^b   Garcia, Tiffany S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agrochemical; Amphibian; Fertilizer; Meta analysis; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; AGROCHEMICAL; AMPHIBIAN; AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CHEMICAL CLASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LIFE STAGES; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH;

BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZERS; OCEAN HABITATS; PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPYRIDINYL; FERTILIZER; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHONOGLYCINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROCHEMICAL; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER; GROWTH RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

AGROECOSYSTEM; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFFECT SIZE; GROWTH; GROWTH RETARDATION; LETHALITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; FERTILIZERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PESTICIDES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873958907     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.056     Document Type: Article

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