RFID tracking of sublethal effects of two neonicotinoid insecticides on the foraging behavior of Apis mellifera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Schneider, Christof W ^a,b   Tautz, Jürgen ^b   Grünewald, Bernd ^a   Fuchs, Stefan ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHIANIDIN; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ((E) 1 (2 CHLORO 1,3 THIAZOL 5 YLMETHYL) 3 METHYL 2 NITROGUANIDINE); ((E)-1-(2-CHLORO-1,3-THIAZOL-5-YLMETHYL)-3-METHYL-2-NITROGUANIDINE); GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GUANIDINES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; RADIO WAVES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855704065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030023     Document Type: Article

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