Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415275187)

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 tests based mainly on behavioral responses are for the first time clearly described. Information on the direct and indirect effects on honey bees of radionuclides, heavy metals, pesticides, semi-volatile organic compounds and genetically modified plants is also presented.

Author: James Devillers
ISBN-10: 0415275180
ISBN-13: 9780415275187
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2002
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.72h x 6.38w x 0.85d