Neonicotinoid-contaminated pollinator strips adjacent to cropland reduce honey bee nutritional status

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mogren, Christina L ^a,b   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Ecdysis Foundation: Blue Dasher Farm Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHIANIDIN; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NEONICOTINOID; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONEY; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUANIDINES; HONEY; INSECTICIDES; NEONICOTINOIDS; PLANT NECTAR; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84978818288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29608     Document Type: Article

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