Pesticides

Pesticides

Any chemical or substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of pests that damage or interfere with the growth of crops, shrubs, tress, timber and other vegetation useful to humans.

Industry: Agricultural chemicals

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Dystrophic lakes

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Acidic, shallow bodies of water that contain much humus and/or other organic matter; contain many plants but few fish.

Ecological entity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

In ecological risk assessment, a general term referring to a species, a group of species, an ecosystem function or characteristic, or a specific habitat or biome.

Ecological/environmental sustainability

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Maintenance of ecosystem components and functions for future generations.

Ecological exposure

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

Exposure of a non-human organism to a stressor.

Ecological impact

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The effect that a man-caused or natural activity has on living organisms and their non-living (abiotic) environment.

Ecological indicator

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A characteristic of an ecosystem that is related to, or derived from, a measure of biotic or abiotic variable, that can provide quantitative information on ecological structure and function. An ...

Ecological integrity

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

A living system exhibits integrity if, when subjected to disturbance, it sustains and organises self-correcting ability to recover toward a biomass end-state that is normal for that system. ...