Pesticide risk assessment in free-ranging bees is weather and landscape dependent

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Henry, Mickaël ^a,b   Bertrand, Colette ^c,d   Le Féon, Violette ^a,b   Requier, Fabrice ^e,f   Odoux, Jean François ^e   Aupinel, Pierrick ^e   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^f   Decourtye, Axel ^b,g,h  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b UMT Protection des Abeilles Dans l'Environnement   (France)

^c UR 980   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g Association de Coordination Technique Agricole   (France)

^h ITSAP Institut de l'Abeille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

BEE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE; FORAGER; HONEYBEE; LANDSCAPE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAPESEED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER; ANIMAL; BEE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 84904341905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5359     Document Type: Article

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