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General introduction and outline of the special issue “Emerging advances and challenges in pesticide ecotoxicology”

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The aim of this special issue was to bring together papers dealing with current challenges and trends in pesticide ecotoxicology. The special issue is composed of 25 papers into various topics, ranging from the development of more ecological ecotoxicological test approaches to an evaluation of citation bias in pesticide ecotoxicology literature. This paper provides a general introduction and an index of the various papers in the special issue. This special issue is trusted to provide a valuable contribution in addressing current challenges in pesticide ecotoxicology.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Lee Shugart (Editor-in-Chief) and Devi Shanmugam (Editorial Office Assistant) for valuable discussions on the special issue structure and organization, and for organizing the review process. The Guest Editors are evidently also very grateful to the authors for their contributions. This work was supported by the Portuguese government through grants (J. Pereira: SFRH/BPD/101971/2014; M. Daam: SFRH/BPD/109199/2015) and the research units CESAM (UID/AMB/50017) and CENSE (UID/AMB/04085/2013).

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  1. CENSE, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    Michiel A. Daam

  2. CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Joana L. Pereira

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Daam, M.A., Pereira, J.L. General introduction and outline of the special issue “Emerging advances and challenges in pesticide ecotoxicology”. Ecotoxicology 27, 761–763 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-1964-y

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