Replication, effect sizes and identifying the biological impacts of pesticides on bees under field conditions

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1358-1362

  Woodcock, Ben A ^a   Heard, Matthew S ^a   Jitlal, Mark S ^a   Rundlöf, Maj ^b   Bullock, James M ^a   Shore, Richard F ^a   Pywell, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agriculture; bumblebees; experimental design; honeybees; neonicotinoids; pesticides; pollinators; regulatory risk assessment; statistical power testing

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BEE; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; COLONY STRUCTURE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FARMING SYSTEM; FIELD METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDE; POLLINATOR; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84987748115     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12676     Document Type: Article

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