Lethal and sublethal effects of azadirachtin on the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-142

  Barbosa, Wagner Faria ^a,b   De Meyer, Laurens ^a   Guedes, Raul Narciso C ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Chronic oral exposure; Insect growth regulator; Neem; Repellence effect; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTIN; INSECTICIDE; LIMONOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUMBLEBEE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; LETHALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIMONINS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 84922079548     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1365-9     Document Type: Article

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