title: [Impact of pesticides on biodiversity in agricultural areas].
abstract: Large amount application of pesticides caused a lot of ecological and environmental problems, among which, the impact of pesticides on biodiversity was most important. In this paper, an overview of the impacts of pesticides on biodiversity in agricultural areas, including the community structure of insects, populations of soil invertebrates and microorganisms, and plant communities was provided, and the reasonable use of pesticides and the measures of protecting biodiversity in agricultural areas were also put forward.
authors.affiliation: Agro-Ecology Institute, Zhejiång University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Chunhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides