Toxicity of three pesticides commonly used in Brazil to Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1857) and Eisenia andrei (Bouché, 1972)

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-38

  Buch, Andressa Cristhy ^a   Brown, George Gardner ^b   Niva, Cintia Carla ^b   Sautter, Klaus Dieter ^c   Sousa, José Paulo ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbendazim; Carbofuran; Earthworms; Ecotoxicology; Glyphosate

Indexed keywords

EISENIA ANDREI; EISENIA FETIDA; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 84878586806     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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