Biology A-Level
pesticides
What pesticides means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of pesticides
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Reference: AQA
Kill non-target insects, disrupting food webs.
Topics that use pesticides
- Biodiversity within a community (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- conservation measures
- index of diversity
- levels of biodiversity
- scale of biodiversity
- species richness
- monoculture
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