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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |