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Reproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons in southern Scotland Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021

This blog post is provided by Madan K. Oli, George D. Smith, Michael J. McGrady, Vratika Chaudhary, Chris J. Rollie, Richard Mearns, Ian Newton and Xavier Lambin and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Reproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. They explore how banning pesticides like DDT impacted Peregrine Falcons … Continue reading Reproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons in southern Scotland Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021

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Stressful environments put bumblebees at risk

This blog post is provided by Cristina Botías and Dave Goulson and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Multiple stressors interact to impair the performance of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies”. Cristina Botías is a Research Fellow at the Apicultural and Agri-environmental Research Center (CIAPA-IRIAF, Spain), working on a range of applied research related to bee health. Dave Goulson is a Professor of Biology at the University … Continue reading Stressful environments put bumblebees at risk

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