Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: The side effects of the current global use of pesticides on wildlife, particularly at higher levels of biological organization: populations, communities and ecosystems, are poorly understood (Köhler and Triebskorn 2013 ). Here, we focus on one of the problematic groups of agrochemicals, the systemic insecticides fipronil and those of the neonicotinoid family. The increasing global reliance on the partly prophylactic use of these persistent and potent neurotoxic systemic insecticides has raised concerns about their impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services provided by a wide range of affected species and environments. The present scale of use, combined with the properties of these compounds, has resulted in widespread contamination of agricultural soils, freshwater resources, wetlands, non-target vegetation and estuarine and coastal marine systems, which means that many organisms inhabiting these habitats are being repeatedly and chronically exposed to effective concentrations of these insecticides.
Authors: J. P. van der Sluijs, V. Amaral-Rogers, L. P. Belzunces, M. F. I. J. Bijleveld van Lexmond, J-M. Bonmatin, M. Chagnon, C. A. Downs, L. Furlan, D. W. Gibbons, C. Giorio, V. Girolami, D. Goulson, D. P. Kreutzweiser, C. Krupke, M. Liess, E. Long, M. McField, P. Mineau, E. A. D. Mitchell, C. A. Morrissey, D. A. Noome, L. Pisa, J. Settele, N. Simon-Delso, J. D. Stark, A. Tapparo, H. Van Dyck, J. van Praagh, P. R. Whitehorn, M. Wiemers
Institutions: Utrecht University, Buglife, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Université du Québec à Montréal, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, University of Cambridge, University of Padua, University of Sussex, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Purdue University West Lafayette, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Smithsonian Institution, University of Neuchâtel, University of Saskatchewan, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, UCLouvain, Washington State University, University of Stirling
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,790
OpenAlex ID: W2096016576