Sublethal effects of a common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, on honey bees: impact on locomotion and thermoregulation

Neonicotinoids have been pointed to as a factor responsible for the increased honey bee colony losses in the last decades. Many studies have investigated the effects of the first marketed neonicotinoid, imidacloprid, while fewer have focused on thiamethoxam. One recent study showed that sublethal do...

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Main Author: Tosi, Simone <1986>
Other Authors: Burgio, Giovanni
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2015
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6837/