PESTICIDE EFFECT TERRES WILDLIFELaurence Somerville, Colin Harold Walker This represents the proceedings of a workshop held at Selwyn College, Cambridge in 1988. Its purpose was to establish European guidelines for acceptable methods of assessing the safety of pesticides to vertebrate wildlife. Papers by 19 experts are included. |
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Somerville | 1 |
Current testing in the sequence of development of a pesticide | 11 |
Objectives of terrestrial field studies | 25 |
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agricultural aldicarb animals approach atrazine avian barn owls BCPC behaviour biochemical Biology birds birds and mammals Boxworth breeding brodifacoum Bunyan carbamate carcass searches census Chaffinch chemical chlorfenvinphos cholinesterase compounds concentration contaminated crop density detected determine dose droplet ecological risk assessments effects of pesticides environment esterases estimate evaluation example experimental extrapolation factors fate field effects data Field Methods field testing field trials Figure Fite habitat Hardy hazard assessment identify impact incidents indicate indicator species individuals insect insecticide intensive interpretation investigation laboratory lysimeter mammals measured methiocarb methyl parathion mg/kg models monitoring mortality nest non-target number of broods number of sites observed occur OP-I organophosphate pesticide pesticide application pesticide effects plant population population density possible potential predicted Recommendation reproductive residues rodenticide samples seed soil spray Stanley study area Table techniques terrestrial field studies territory toxicity treated treatment triadimenol variable variation vertebrates wildlife species