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
Abstract
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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