Ecological implications of control strategies: Arthropods of domestic and production animals

The control of arthropods of veterinary importance represents a disturbance for the ecosystem and its animal community. This disturbance can influence the densities of target and non-target organisms and their associated indirect interactions in the food web, leading to reductions in the species ric...

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Published in:International journal for parasitology 1997-02, Vol.27 (2), p.155-165
Main Author: Petney, T.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arthropod control
Arthropod Vectors
Arthropods
Cattle
community structure
disturbance
Ecosystem
Ectoparasitic Infestations - drug therapy
Ectoparasitic Infestations - parasitology
Ectoparasitic Infestations - prevention & control
Female
Male
Pest Control
Pesticides
species diversity
Trypanosomiasis, African - drug therapy
Trypanosomiasis, African - parasitology
Trypanosomiasis, African - prevention & control
Trypanosomiasis, African - veterinary
Trypanosomiasis, Bovine - drug therapy
Trypanosomiasis, Bovine - parasitology
Trypanosomiasis, Bovine - prevention & control
vector control
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Summary:The control of arthropods of veterinary importance represents a disturbance for the ecosystem and its animal community. This disturbance can influence the densities of target and non-target organisms and their associated indirect interactions in the food web, leading to reductions in the species richness and diversities in the communities involved. Finely tuned control affecting the target organism alone can have unexpected consequences, depending on the relationships between the target and other organisms within the food web. Broad-spectrum control methods will have more wide ranging and less predictable consequences. Modifications within the community caused by arthropod control can take place over generations and may not be immediately apparent. Most modern techniques of control are designed to minimize environmental impact by concentrating specifically on the target organism. The effects of control of arthropod pests of domestic and production stock must be seen against a background of more general effects caused by rural development which acts to modify the environment continuously over a long time span.
ISSN:0020-7519
1879-0135
DOI:10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00145-2