Interactive effects of pesticide exposure and pathogen infection on bee health – a critical analysis

Biological Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1006-1019

  Collison, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Hird, Heather ^b   Cresswell, James ^a   Tyler, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Grimbald Crag Court   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acaricide; fungicide; immunity; molecular biomarkers; neonicotinoid; Nosema; organophosphate; pyrethroid; viral infection

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; NOSEMA; PESTICIDES; POLLINATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84935113979     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12206     Document Type: Article

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