Ecological models for regulatory risk assessments of pesticides: Developing a strategy for the future

Ecological Models for Regulatory Risk Assessments of Pesticides: Developing a Strategy for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-139

  Thorbek, Pernille ^a   Forbes, Valery E ^b,c   Heimbach, Fred ^d   Hommen, Udo ^e   Thulke, Hans Hermann ^f   Van den Brink, Paul J ^g   Wogram, Jörn ^h   Grimm, Volker ⁱ  

^a Mechanistic Effect Models for Ecological Risk Assessment   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Integrated Population Ecology   (Denmark)

^d RIFCON GMBH   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^f Environmental Research UFZ   (Germany)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h Germany s Federal Environment Agency   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781439805138     Document Type: Book

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