Chronic sublethal stress causes bee colony failure

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1463-1469

  Bryden, John ^a   Gill, Richard J ^a,b   Mitton, Robert A A ^a   Raine, Nigel E ^a   Jansen, Vincent A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental stressor; Imidacloprid; Mathematical model; Neonicotinoid pesticide; Pollinator decline

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONY; IMIDACLOPRID; NEONICOTINOID; PESTICIDE; POLLINATOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

APOIDEA;

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COLONY COLLAPSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLONY COLLAPSE; IMIDAZOLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886724893     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12188     Document Type: Article

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