An energy budget agent-based model of earthworm populations and its application to study the effects of pesticides

Earthworms are important organisms in soil communities and so are used as model organisms in environmental risk assessments of chemicals. However current risk assessments of soil invertebrates are based on short-term laboratory studies, of limited ecological relevance, supplemented if necessary by s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecological modelling. - 1980. - 280(2014) vom: 24. Mai, Seite 5-17
1. Verfasser: Johnston, A S A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hodson, M E, Thorbek, P, Alvarez, T, Sibly, R M
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Ecological modelling
Schlagworte:Journal Article Agent based model Earthworm Energy budget model Mechanistic effect model Pesticides Toxic stress