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Pesticide reduces bumblebee colony initiation and increases probability of population extinction

Pollinators are in global decline, and agricultural pesticides are a potential driver of this. Recent studies have suggested that pesticides may significantly impact bumblebee colonies, an important and declining group of pollinators. Here we show that colony founding queens, a critical yet vulnerab...

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Autores principales: Baron, Gemma L., Jansen, Vincent A. A., Brown, Mark J. F., Raine, Nigel E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6485633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29046553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0260-1