Honey Bees (eBook, ePUB)

Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals
Redaktion: Devillers, James; Pham-Delegue, Minh-Ha

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals is an updated account of the different strategies for assessing the ecotoxicity of xenobiotics against these social insects, which play a key role in both ecology and agriculture. In addition to the classical acute laboratory test, semi-field cage tests and full field funnel tests, new te

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134477432
• Artikelnr.: 72538804

Autorenporträt

James Devillers, Minh-Há Pham-Delégue

Inhaltsangabe

The Ecological Importance of Honey Bees and their Relevance to
Ecotoxicology. Volatile and Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in Beehive
Atmospheres. Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products on Honey Bees:
Regulatory Aspects. Acute Toxicity of Pesticides to Honey Bees. The
Proboscis Extension Response: Assessing the Sublethal Effects of Pesticides
on the Honey Bee. Effects of Imidacloprid on the Neural Processes of Memory
in Honey Bees. Impact of Agrochemicals on Non-Apis Bees. Honey Bees as
Indicators of Radionuclide Contamination: A Truly Useful Biomonitor.
Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 in Fresh Honeys Collected after the Chernobyl
Accident. The Role of Honey Bees in Environmental Monitoring in Croatia.
Use of Honey Bees as Bioindicators of Environmental Pollution in Italy.
Typology of French Acacia Honeys Based on their Concentrations in Metallic
and Nonmetallic Elements. The Role of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Crops in
Agriculture. Using Proteins to Assess the Potential Impacts of Genetically
Modified Plants on Honey Bees. Direct and Indirect Effects of Genetically
Modified Plants on the Honey Bee.