Title: Should We Use Pesticides to Conserve Rare Plants?
Authors: Lesica, Peter; Atthowe, Helen E.
Abstract: Comments on an article by R.L. Bevill, S.M. Louda and L.M. Stanforth in a 1999 issue of 'Conservation Biology,' on the use of insecticides to conserve the threatened Cirsium canescens. Appropriateness of insecticide as an option for management of endangered species; Ecological impact of the primary insecticide used by Bevill et al; Need for endangered species management to be based on a more ecological approach.
Subjects: CIRSIUM; PLANT conservation; INSECTICIDES & the environment; ECOLOGY
Publication: Conservation Biology, 2000, Vol 14, Issue 5, p1549
ISSN: 0888-8892
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.00021.x

Should We Use Pesticides to Conserve Rare Plants?

Lesica, Peter; Atthowe, Helen E.