Humans have used insecticides since ancient times. The spectrum and potency of available
insecticidal substances has greatly expanded since the industrial revolution, resulting in …

Conservation efforts to sustain water resources and aquatic biodiversity in boreal
watersheds will require reliable information on the recent status of various indicator species …

Recently, the focus of conservation efforts gradually changed from a species-centred
approach to a broader ambition of conserving functional ecosystems. This new approach …

Synthesizes Decades of Research on Vernal Pools Science Pulling together information
from a broad array of sources, Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern …

Natural toxins such as mycotoxins or phytotoxins (bioactive compounds from fungi and
plants, respectively) have been widely studied in food and feed, where they are stated to out …

At present, the use of huge quantities of synthetic pesticides in conventional agriculture has
lead to some major environmental problems. Natural pesticide are now being developed to …

Recent ecotoxicology studies show that pesticide exposure can alter community
composition, structure and function. Generally, community responses to pesticides are …

Chemical insecticides have been an important tool in the management of forest insect pests
in Canadian forests. Aerial application of insecticides began in the 1920s and expanded …

Spatial and temporal density and biomass distribution of the planktonic copepods
Pseudodiaptomus richardi and P. acutus along a salinity gradient were investigated in the …

The non-target effects of an azadirachtin-based systemic insecticide used for control of wood-
boring insect pests in trees were assessed on litter-dwelling earthworms, leaf-shredding …