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Title Honey bees : estimating the environmental impact of chemicals / edited by James Devillers and Minh-Hà Pham-Delègue
Published London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 The ecological importance of honey bees and their relevance to ecotoxicology; 2 Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in beehive atmospheres; 3 Risk assessment of plant protection products on honey bees; 4 Acute toxicity of pesticides to honey bees; 5 The proboscis extension response; 6 Effects of imidacloprid on the neural processes of memory in honey bees; 7 Impact of agrochemicals on non-Apis bees; 8 Honey bees as indicators of radionuclide contamination
Summary An up-to-date account of the different strategies for assessing the ecotoxicity of xenobiotics against honey bees. Information on the effects on these insects by a range of toxicants is also presented
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Honeybee -- Effect of chemicals on
Pollution
Environmental Pollution
NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
Pollution
Form Electronic book
Author Devillers, James, 1956-
Pham-Delègue, Minh-Hà, 1938-
ISBN 0203218655
9780203218655
1280288906
9781280288906
9781134477449
1134477449
9781134477395
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9781134477432
1134477430