Repression and recuperation of brood production in Bombus terrestris bumble bees exposed to a pulse of the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Laycock, Ian ^a   Cresswell, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BREEDING; BUMBLEBEE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPOSURE; FLOWERING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUEEN (INSECT); WORKER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; BEES; IMIDAZOLES; LARVA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84891847565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079872     Document Type: Article

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