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Larval pesticide exposure impacts monarch butterfly performance

The long-term decline of monarch butterflies has been attributed to loss of their milkweed (Asclepias sp.) host-plants after the introduction of herbicide-tolerant crops. However, recent studies report pesticide residues on milkweed leaves that could act as a contributing factor when ingested as par...

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Autores principales: Olaya-Arenas, Paola, Hauri, Kayleigh, Scharf, Michael E., Kaplan, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32879347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71211-7