Community and species-specific responses of wild bees to insect pest control programs applied to a pollinator-dependent crop

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 668-675

  Tuell, Julianna K ^a   Isaacs, Rufus ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Insecticides; Nontarget effects; Vaccinium corymbosum; Wild bee conservation

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINIUM;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTICIDES; MICHIGAN; POLLINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VACCINIUM;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 77953075537     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09314     Document Type: Article

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