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Neonicotinoids Interfere with Specific Components of Navigation in Honeybees

Three neonicotinoids, imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiacloprid, agonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the central brain of insects, were applied at non-lethal doses in order to test their effects on honeybee navigation. A catch-and-release experimental design was applied in which fee...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Johannes, Müller, Teresa, Spatz, Anne-Kathrin, Greggers, Uwe, Grünewald, Bernd, Menzel, Randolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091364