Ecological recovery of populations of vulnerable species driving the risk assessment of pesticides

Abstract

In the present literature review, we compiled the available scientific information on the ecological recovery of populations of vulnerable species driving the risk assessment of pesticides in the context of reviewing the aquatic and terrestrial guidance documents (SANCO/3268/2001 (EC 2001) and SANCO/10329/2002 (EC 2002)). We reviewed more than 3900 studies on aquatic invertebrates, aquatic microbes, algae, aquatic plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and terrestrial microbes, non-target terrestrial plants, non-target terrestrial arthropods including honeybees, non-arthropod invertebrates, birds...