A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1818, 2015, Pages

  Godfray, H Charles J ^a   Blacquière, Tjeerd ^b   Field, Linda M ^c   Hails, Rosemary S ^d   Potts, Simon G ^e   Raine, Nigel E ^f   Vanbergen, Adam J ^d   McLean, Angela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Evidence for policy; Honeybee; Neonicotinoid; Pest management; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PEST CONTROL; POLICY APPROACH; POLLINATOR; RESEARCH METHOD; STAKEHOLDER;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; EUROPEAN UNION; INSECT; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; EUROPEAN UNION; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; POLLINATION;

EID: 84945949496     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1821     Document Type: Review

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