Equivocal Evidence for Colony Level Stress Effects on Bumble Bee Pollination Services

Climate change poses a threat to global food security with extreme heat events causing drought and direct damage to crop plants. However, by altering behavioural or physiological responses of insects, extreme heat events may also affect pollination services on which many crops are dependent. Such ef...

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Published in:	Insects
Main Authors:	Arran Greenop, Nevine Mica-Hawkyard, Sarah Walkington, Andrew Wilby, Samantha M Cook, Richard F Pywell, Ben A Woodcock
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Subjects:	bumblebees neonicotinoid pollination ecosystem services pesticide climate change heat stress
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/3/191