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Conference Papers Year : 2023

BEECONECT: a connected “flower” to measure the effects of radioactive contamination on the cognitive health of insect pollinators

BEECONECT : une « fleur » connectée pour mesurer les effets de la contamination radioactive sur la santé cognitive des insectes pollinisateurs

Christian Lubat
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Luc Belzunces

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CONTEXT • Insect pollinatorspollinators,such as bees, flies, and butterflies, are declining worldwide.This is alarming since these animals are vital to the maintenance maintenanceof terrestrial ecosystems and global food security . • Pollinators heavily rely on learning and memory to forage on flowers.However, these cognitive abilities can be easily disrupted by a range of environmental stressors, even at low exposure levels (e.g.insecticides, heavy metals). • If and/or o rlearning processes often only has immediate subtle effects on individual behaviour, this can have long-term dramatic consequences on populations ,if food supply is compromised.
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hal-04682685 , version 1 (30-08-2024)

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Jean-Marc Bonzom, Kristine Abenis, Loïc Goulefert, Blandine Mahot-Castaing, Gabriel Madirolas, et al.. BEECONECT: a connected “flower” to measure the effects of radioactive contamination on the cognitive health of insect pollinators. 7th European radiation protection week (ERPW), University College - Dublin (UCD), Oct 2023, Dublin (Ireland), Ireland. ⟨hal-04682685⟩
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