Claim · #6495194
clothianidin · pest pressure · Bombus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“clothianidin negatively associated with wild bee occupancy”
- Authors
- Garibaldi L.A., et al.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- Nature Sustainability
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Clothianidin-Bombus negative association is documented (Rundlöf 2015, Main et al.); landscape-scale occupancy evidence supports it.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Clothianidin field exposure reduces bumble bee colony performance and occupancy; mechanism (systemic neurotoxicity) established.”
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