Incidents of bee poisoning with pesticides in the United Kingdom, 1994-2003

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1051-1057

  Barnett, Elizabeth A ^a   Charlton, Andrew J ^a   Fletcher, Mark R ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bees; Monitoring; Pesticides; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

BEE; MONITORING; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POISONING; POPULATION DECLINE;

ANIMAL; BEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; PESTICIDES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35648946375     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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