Environmental Consequences of Invasive Species: Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Insecticide Use and the Role of Biological Control in Reducing Emissions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Heimpel, George E ^a   Yang, Yi ^b   Hill, Jason D ^a   Ragsdale, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INSECTICIDE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SOYBEAN APHID; SPECIES INVASION; UNITED STATES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOYBEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882662087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072293     Document Type: Article

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