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Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across European landscapes.
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Authors and funding
30 authors at 14 institutions in 10 countries.
Charlie C Nicholson *Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. charlie.nicholson@biol.lu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-7164-0529
Jessica Knapp *Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. knappj@tcd.ie.ORCID 0000-0001-8829-8486
Tomasz KiljanekDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7222-0983
Matthias AlbrechtAgroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5518-3455
Marie-Pierre ChauzatLaboratory for Animal Health, ANSES, Paris-Est University, Maisons-Alfort, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8842-741X
Cecilia CostaCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics-Agriculture and Environment Research Centre, Bologna, Italy.
Pilar De la RúaDepartment of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0058-1402
Alexandra-Maria KleinNature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2139-8575
Marika MändInstitute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.
Simon G PottsCentre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2045-980X
Oliver SchweigerDepartment of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8779-2335
Irene BotteroSchool of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Elena CiniCentre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9390-6888
Joachim R de MirandaDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-0335-0386
Gennaro Di PriscoCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics-Agriculture and Environment Research Centre, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8279-876X
Christophe DominikDepartment of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6310-1632
Simon HodgeSchool of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-6933-5253
Vera KaunathDepartment of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1823-7746
Anina KnauerAgroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4869-4596
Marion LaurentUnit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, Sophia Antipolis, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9029-027X
Vicente Martínez-LópezDepartment of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7800-0703
Piotr MedrzyckiCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics-Agriculture and Environment Research Centre, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8172-1632
Maria Helena Pereira-PeixotoNature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Risto RaimetsInstitute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia.
Janine M SchwarzAgroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2150-8156
Deepa SenapathiCentre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8883-1583
Giovanni TamburiniNature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7546-8183
Mark J F BrownDepartment of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8887-3628
Jane C StoutSchool of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-2027-0863
Maj RundlöfDepartment of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. maj.rundlof@biol.lu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-3014-1544
Lund University · SEAgroscope · CHCereal Research Centre · ITTrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Reading · GBEstonian University of Life Sciences · EEHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · DEUniversidad de Murcia · ESÉcole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort · FRFondation Sophia Antipolis · FRNational Veterinary Research Institute · PLRoyal Holloway University of London · GBSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SE
Funding
European Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Abstract
Sustainable agriculture requires balancing crop yields with the effects of pesticides on non-target organisms, such as bees and other crop pollinators. Field studies demonstrated that agricultural use of neonicotinoid insecticides can negatively affect wild bee species
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