Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency 2012 experiment
The causes of bee declines remain hotly debated, particularly the contribution of neonicotinoid insecticides. In 2013 the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency made public a study of the impacts of exposure of bumblebee colonies to neonicotinoids. The study concluded that there was no clear re...
Main Author: | Dave Goulson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2015-03-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/854.pdf |
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