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Abstract (from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0142031): Given the role of infectious disease in global pollinator decline, there is a need to understand factors that shape pathogen susceptibility and transmission in bees. Here we ask how urbanization affects the immune response and pathogen load of feral and managed colonies of honey bees ( Apis mellifera Linnaeus), the predominant economically important pollinator worldwide. Using quantitative real-time PCR, we measured expression of 4 immune genes and relative abundance of 10 honey bee pathogens. We also measured worker survival in a laboratory bioassay. We found that pathogen pressure on honey bees increased with urbanization...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
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Landscapes,
Other Wildlife,
Plants,
Southeast CASC, All tags...
Wildlife and Plants,
honey bees,
immune response,
pathogens,
urbanization, Fewer tags
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Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Apis mellifera,
Forests,
Landscapes,
Plants,
Southeast CASC, All tags...
Wildlife and Plants,
honey bees,
nutrition,
pollinator health,
stable isotopes,
urban ecology, Fewer tags
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