Oral toxicity of fipronil insecticide against the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-924

  Lourenço, Clara Tavares ^a   Carvalho, Stephan Malfitano ^b   Malaspina, Osmar ^b   Nocelli, Roberta Cornélio Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; LC50; Pesticide; Uru u bee

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; APIS MELLIFERA; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; FIPRONIL; LC50; PESTICIDE; SUCROSE SOLUTION;

FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DOSE RESPONSE; LD 50; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BEES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; PYRAZOLES; TOXICITY TESTS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONA SCUTELLARIS; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 84867571445     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0773-x     Document Type: Article

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