Statistical analysis of honeybee survival after chronic exposure to insecticides

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3088-3094

  Moncharmont, François Xavier Dechaume ^a   Decourtye, Axel ^a   Hennequet Hantier, Christelle ^b   Pons, Odile ^b   Pham Delègue, Minh Hà ^a  

^a Inra   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Cox model; Deltamethrin; Honeybee survival; Imidacloprid

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXICITY;

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; MORTALITY DATA;

INSECTICIDES;

DELTAMETHRIN; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE;

INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COVARIANCE; CROP MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORAGE CROP; HONEYBEE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BEES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITRILES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRETHRINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344442705     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-578     Document Type: Article

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