Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK's food & environment research agency 2012 experiment

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Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus; Colony growth; Crop protection; Ecotoxicology; Insecticide; Pesticide; Pollination; Queen production

Indexed keywords

CLOTHIANIDIN; IMIDACLOPRID; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; THIAMETHOXAM;

ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84926500548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.854     Document Type: Article

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