… Topping for the preparatory work on this scientific opinion, and EFSA staff Maria Arena and
… response of non-target organisms (see EFSA PPR Panel 2015a; Topping et al., 2015a). …

Following a request from EFSA , the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues
( PPR ) developed an opinion on the state of the art of Toxicokinetic/Toxicodynamic ( TKTD ) …

1. Spiders were collected over a period of 6 months by pitfall trapping and absolute density
sampling. 2. The numerical species composition of the pitfall trap catch was different to the …

… Chris J Topping … Chris J Topping … Topping, Scott Weir, and the hearing experts: Carsten
Brühl, Peter Dohmen, US-EPA colleagues: Brian Anderson, Catherine Aubee, Amy Blankenship, …

Among aspects of agricultural intensification that have been criticized for negative impacts
on biodiversity (1, 2), pesticides have been linked to declines in insects, birds, and …

The animal, landscape and man simulation system (ALMaSS) was designed as a predictive
tool for answering policy questions regarding the effect of changing landscape structure or …

Agent‐based models ( ABM s) are widely used to predict how populations respond to
changing environments. As the availability of food varies in space and time, individuals should …

Although increasingly widely used in biology, complex adaptive simulation models such as
agent-based models have been criticised for being difficult to communicate and test. This …

To the Editor—Access to pesticide-use data is essential to accurately evaluate the adverse
effects of pesticides on human and ecosystem health. In Europe, applicators are usually …

Farmer decision making models often focus on the behavioral assumptions in the
representation of the decision making, applying bounded rationality theory to shift away from the …