Nutrition affects survival in African honeybees exposed to interacting stressors

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 913-923

  Archer, C Ruth ^a   Pirk, Christian W W ^a   Wright, Geraldine A ^b   Nicolson, Sue W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geometric Framework; Honeybees; Nicotine; Nutrition; Pollinator declines; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FOOD INTAKE; HONEYBEE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRITION; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOCIAL INSECT; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; TOXIN; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84904261189     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12226     Document Type: Article

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