Imidacloprid-treated seed ingestion has lethal effect on adult partridges and reduces both breeding investment and offspring immunity

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-107

  Lopez Antia, Ana ^a   Ortiz Santaliestra, Manuel E ^a,b   Mougeot, François ^c   Mateo, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Coated seeds; Imidacloprid; Insecticide exposure; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CAROTENOID; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; NEONICOTINOID; PESTICIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; CAROTENOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GAMEBIRD; IMIDACLOPRID; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLUTCH SIZE; COATED PARTICLE; COATED SEED; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTEGUMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTRIDGE; PLANT SEED; PROGENY; T LYMPHOCYTE; WINTER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; SEEDS;

EID: 84911361927     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.023     Document Type: Article

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