Effects of sublethal doses of acetamiprid and thiamethoxam on the behavior of the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 653-661

  El Hassani, Abdessalam Kacimi ^a   Dacher, Matthieu ^a   Gary, Vincent ^a   Lambin, Michel ^a   Gauthier, Monique ^a   Armengaud, Catherine ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIPRID; INSECTICIDE; SUCROSE; THIAMETHOXAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOCOMOTION; NONTARGET ORGANISM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMELLING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; PYRIDINES; REFLEX; SMELL; SUCROSE; THIAZOLES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 41849112042     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9071-8     Document Type: Article

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