Reconciling laboratory and field assessments of neonicotinoid toxicity to honeybees

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1819, 2015, Pages

  Henry, Mickaël ^a,b   Cerrutti, Nicolas ^b,c   Aupinel, Pierrick ^d   Decourtye, Axel ^b,e,f   Gayrard, Mélanie ^c   Odoux, Jean François ^d   Pissard, Aurélien ^e   Rüger, Charlotte ^c   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^g,h  

^a Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^b UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement   (France)

^c Terres Inovia   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e Site Agroparc   (France)

^f Site Agroparc   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^h CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Imidacloprid; Oilseed rape; Pesticides; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DICOTYLEDON; FIELD SURVEY; HONEYBEE; IMIDACLOPRID; LABORATORY METHOD; NECTAR; NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIAMETHOXAM; TOXICITY TEST;

EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMETHOXAM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; FRANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BEES; FRANCE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84947589985     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2110     Document Type: Article

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