Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

Bees are subject to numerous pressures in the modern world. The abundance and diversity of flowers has declined; bees are chronically exposed to cocktails of agrochemicals, and they are simultaneously exposed to novel parasites accidentally spread by humans. Climate change is likely to exacerbate th...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 347; no. 6229; p. 1255957
Main Authors:	Goulson, Dave, Nicholls, Elizabeth, Botías, Cristina, Rotheray, Ellen L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 27.03.2015
Subjects:	Animals Bees - drug effects Bees - parasitology Bees - physiology Climate Change Conservation of Natural Resources - methods Ecosystem Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring - methods Extinction, Biological Flowers Pesticides - toxicity Pollination Population Stress, Physiological
ISSN:	1095-9203, 1095-9203
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