Statistical tools to improve the quality of experiments and data analysis for assessing non-target effects

Environmental Impact of Invertebrates for Biological Control of Arthropods: Methods and Risk Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 222-240

  Hoffmeister, Thomas S ^a   Babendreier, Dirk ^b   Wajnberg, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

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