Ecological Models for Regulatory Risk Assessments of Pesticides

Pernille Thorbek is an ecological modeler at Syngenta.Valery E. Forbes is head of the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change and professor of aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology at Roskilde University.Volker Grimm is a senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and teaches at the University of Potsdam.Fred Heimbach is a consultant scientist at RIFCon GmbH.Udo Hommen is a senior scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute of Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology.Hans-Hermann Thulke is a senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ.Paul J. van den Brink is a professor of chemical stress ecology at Wageningen University and a senior research scientist at the Alterra research institute.Jorn Wogram is a biologist with Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA).

• Executive Summary of the LEMTOX Workshop: Lessons Learned and Steps to Be Taken. Introduction to the LEMTOX Workshop. Short Introduction to Ecological Modeling. Regulatory Challenges for the Potential Use of Ecological Models in Risk Assessments of Plant Protection Products. Development and Use of Matrix Population Models for Estimation of Toxicant Effects in Ecological Risk Assessment. MASTEP: An Individual-Based Model to Predict Recovery of Aquatic Invertebrates Following Pesticide Stress. Incorporating Realism into Ecological Risk Assessment — An ABM Approach. Ecological Models Supporting Management of Wildlife Diseases. State of the Art of Ecological Modeling for Pesticide Risk Assessment: A Critical Review. The Role of Ecological Modeling in Risk Assessments Seen from an Academic’s Point of View. Potential Role of Population Modeling in the Regulatory Context of Pesticide Authorization. Ecological Modeling: An Industry Perspective. References. Index.