Sublethal neonicotinoid insecticide exposure reduces solitary bee reproductive success

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-128

  Sandrock, Christoph ^a   Tanadini, Lorenzo G ^b   Pettis, Jeffery S ^c   Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^d   Potts, Simon G ^e   Neumann, Peter ^f  

^a Swiss Bee Research Centre   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c United States Department of Agriculture ARS Bee Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clothianidin; Fitness; Neonicotinoid; Osmia; Pesticide risk assessment; Pollinator; Population dynamics; Sublethal effect; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

APIS; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; OSMIA; OSMIA RUFA;

EID: 84898032154     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12041     Document Type: Article

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