Henry et al. (2012) homing failure formula, assumptions, and basic mathematics: a comment

Title: Henry et al. (2012) homing failure formula, assumptions, and basic mathematics: a comment
Creator: Guez, David
Relation: Frontiers in Physiology Vol. 4, p. 1-4
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00142
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: In March 2012 Henry et al. published a paper that explored whether or not the consumption of thiamethoxam via nectar could be a causal factor of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honeybees. In the first part of their report, Henry et al. (2012) measured the homing success after “ecologically relevant” thiamethoxam exposure and compared it to non-thiamethoxam exposed, control homing rates [see Guez (2013) for a critique of this aspect of their work]. In the second part of their report, they applied their homing study results to the honeybee population dynamic model devised by Khoury et al. (2011), and from that they concluded that dietary thiamethoxam intoxication may potentially contribute to CCD.
Subject: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD); honeybees; thiamethoxam exposure; honeybee population dynamic model
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1300234
Identifier: uon:20036
Identifier: ISSN:1664-042X
Language: eng
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