Examining the Potential Threat of Pesticide and Pathogen Exposure on Wild Bumble Bees: Proposed Lethal and Sublethal Mechanisms Contributing to Pollinator Decline
Bumble bees and other wild pollinators are crucial to the support of both natural and agricultural ecosystems. However, unprecedented declines of pollinator populations have been observed all over the world, raising concerns of a looming threat to both the human food supply, as well as sustainabilit...
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/471 https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1470&context=etd-dissertations |