Don't kill your allies: The impact of chemical and biological locust and grasshopper control on birds

Agriculture & Biology

• locusts 100%
• grasshoppers 97%
• insecticides 59%
• birds 52%
• biopesticides 29%
• Schistocerca gregaria 26%
• fenitrothion 17%
• dieldrin 16%
• swarms 16%
• chlorpyrifos 15%
• nymphs 12%
• mycoinsecticides 10%
• predators 9%
• ecological footprint 9%
• arsenicals 9%
• sweep nets 9%
• Metarhizium 9%
• famine 9%
• cholinesterase inhibitors 8%
• economic threshold 8%
• falcons 8%
• risk reduction 8%
• grazing management 8%
• insects 8%
• habitat conservation 7%
• nontarget organisms 7%
• pitfall traps 7%
• carbamates 7%
• entomopathogenic fungi 7%
• Eastern Africa 7%
• pyrethrins 7%
• ecosystem services 7%
• fledglings 7%
• morbidity 6%
• reptiles 6%
• wildlife 6%
• feeding behavior 6%
• poisoning 6%
• planning 6%
• arthropods 6%
• Formicidae 5%
• invertebrates 5%
• adverse effects 5%
• pesticides 5%
• predation 5%
• nests 5%
• vertebrates 4%
• toxicity 4%
• uptake mechanisms 4%
• China 4%
• breeding 3%