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Cristina Botías
Researcher at University of Sussex
Publications - 46
Citations - 6292
Cristina Botías is an academic researcher from University of Sussex. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nosema ceranae & Honey bee. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 42 publications receiving 5033 citations. Previous affiliations of Cristina Botías include Spanish National Research Council & University of Alcalá.
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Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers
TL;DR: The stresses bees are experiencing from climate change, infectious diseases, and insecticides are reviewed, with concern that the authors may be nearing a “pollination crisis” in which crop yields begin to fall.
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How natural infection by Nosema ceranae causes honeybee colony collapse
Mariano Higes,Raquel Martín-Hernández,Cristina Botías,Encarna Garrido Bailón,Amelia V. González-Porto,Laura Barrios,M. Jesús del Nozal,José L. Bernal,Juan Jiménez,Pilar Garcı́a Palencia,Aránzazu Meana +10 more
TL;DR: It is shown for first time that natural N. ceranae infection can cause the sudden collapse of bee colonies, establishing a direct correlation between N. ceramice infection and the death of honeybee colonies under field conditions.
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Neonicotinoid Residues in Wildflowers, a Potential Route of Chronic Exposure for Bees
Cristina Botías,Arthur David,Julia Horwood,Alaa Abdul-Sada,Elizabeth Nicholls,Elizabeth M. Hill,Dave Goulson +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that exposure to neonicotinoids is likely to be higher and more prolonged than currently recognized because of widespread contamination of wild plants growing near treated crops.
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Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops
Arthur David,Cristina Botías,Alaa Abdul-Sada,Elizabeth Nicholls,Ellen L. Rotheray,Elizabeth M. Hill,Dave Goulson +6 more
TL;DR: Concentrations of neonicotinoid insecticides and fungicides found in pollen collected by honey bees and in pollen and adult bees sampled from bumble bee colonies placed on arable farms are quantified.
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Gut pathology and responses to the microsporidium Nosema ceranae in the honey bee Apis mellifera.
Claudia Dussaubat,Jean Luc Brunet,Mariano Higes,John K. Colbourne,Jacqueline Lopez,Jeong Hyeon Choi,Raquel Martín-Hernández,Cristina Botías,Marianne Cousin,Cynthia McDonnell,Marc Bonnet,Luc P. Belzunces,Robin F. A. Moritz,Yves Le Conte,Cédric Alaux +14 more
TL;DR: An extensive characterization of the parasite effects at the molecular level by using genetic and biochemical tools gives new insights into the pathological effects of N. ceranae and the bee gut response, and demonstrates that the honey bee gut is an interesting model system for studying host defense responses.