The impact of an insecticide on insect flower visitation and pollination in an agricultural landscape

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-266

  Brittain, Claire ^a,e   Bommarco, Riccardo ^a,b   Vighi, Marco ^a,c   Barmaz, Stefania ^a,c   Settele, Josef ^a,d   Potts, Simon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agro chemical; Bees; Ecosystem service; Fenitrothion; Pesticide; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA SP.;

EID: 77954531364     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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