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Pires,Carmen Sílvia Soares; Silveira,Fernando Amaral; Cardoso,Carolina Ferreira; Sujii,Edison Ryotii; Paula,Débora Pires; Fontes,Eliana Maria Gouveira; Silva,Joseane Padilha da; Rodrigues,Sandra Maria Morais; Andow,David Alan. |
The objective of this work was to list potential candidate bee species for environmental risk assessment (ERA) of genetically modified (GM) cotton and to identify the most suited bee species for this task, according to their abundance and geographical distribution. Field inventories of bee on cotton flowers were performed in the states of Bahia and Mato Grosso, and in Distrito Federal, Brazil. During a 344 hour sampling, 3,470 bees from 74 species were recovered, at eight sites. Apis mellifera dominated the bee assemblages at all sites. Sampling at two sites that received no insecticide application was sufficient to identify the three most common and geographically widespread wild species: Paratrigona lineata, Melissoptila cnecomola, and Trigona spinipes,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Gossypium hirsutum; Biological diversity; Ecological risk assessment; Pollination services; Transgenic crops; Wild bees.. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2014000800573 |
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