This report compiles the latest knowledge on the effects of plant protection products (PPPs) on terrestrial functional endpoints, covering legal and ecological background and recommending improvements in methodology, particularly those relevant to the litter bag test. Material originated at an April 2002 workshop held in Lisbon, Portugal. RÖmbke is managing director of a private contract research laboratory in Germany. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Jörg Römbke is the managing director of ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH in Flörsheim, Germany.
Fred Heimbach is a research scientist at Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, Germany.
Simon Hoy is a senior scientist at the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), York, UK.
Christine Kula is a senior scientist at the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Braunschweig, Germany.
Janeck Scott-Fordsmand is a senior scientist at the Department of Terrestrial Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Silkeborg, Denmark.
Paulo Sousa is auxiliary professor at the Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal.
Gladys Stephenson is an environmental toxicologist with Stantec Consulting Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Jason Weeks is the chief scientist at WRc-NSF, Buckinghamshire, UK.