Pesticide exposure affects flight dynamics and reduces flight endurance in bumblebees

Pesticide exposure affects flight dynamics and reduces flight endurance in bumblebees

Abstract The emergence of agricultural land use change creates a number of challenges that insect pollinators, such as eusocial bees, must overcome. Resultant fragmentation and loss of suitable foraging habitats, combined with pesticide exposure, may increase demands on foraging, specifically the ab...

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Main Authors: Daniel Kenna, Hazel Cooley, Ilaria Pretelli, Ana Ramos Rodrigues, Steve D. Gill, Richard J. Gill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-05-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Bombus terrestris audax
flight mill
foraging
Imidacloprid
neonicotinoid
velocity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5143

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5143

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