The potential impacts of insecticides on the life-history traits of bees and the consequences for pollination

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 321 - 331
• Main Authors: Brittain, Claire, Potts, Simon G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Apoidea; Biodiversity; Disturbance; Ecosystem service; ecosystems; Environmental chemicals; insecticides; life history; Pesticide pressure; pollination; Pollinator; pollinators; Pesticide pressure; Pollinator; Biodiversity; Ecosystem service; Environmental chemicals; Disturbance

Maintaining the relationships between plants and pollinators is vital to ecosystem stability. Insecticides may disturb these interactions with poorly understood consequences for pollination. Community level research is essential, if we are to understand the wider effects of insecticides on a variety...