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List of works by Cristina Botías

Apoptosis in the pathogenesis of Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) in honey bees (Apis mellifera).

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Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

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Comparative study of Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) isolates from two different geographic origins.

scientific article published on 16 September 2012

Comparison of the energetic stress associated with experimental Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis infection of honeybees (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published in March 2011

Contamination of wild plants near neonicotinoid seed-treated crops, and implications for non-target insects

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Critical aspects of the Nosema spp. diagnostic sampling in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies.

scientific article published on 24 December 2011

Effect of temperature on the biotic potential of honeybee microsporidia

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Flower sharing and pollinator health: a behavioural perspective

scientific article published on 2 May 2022

Further evidence of an oriental origin for Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia: Nosematidae).

scientific article published on 7 March 2012

Gut pathology and responses to the microsporidium Nosema ceranae in the honey bee Apis mellifera

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How natural infection by Nosema ceranae causes honeybee colony collapse.

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Interactions among global change pressures act in a non‐additive way on bumblebee individuals and colonies

scientific article published in November 2020

Low prevalence of honeybee viruses in Spain during 2006 and 2007.

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Microsporidia infecting Apis mellifera: coexistence or competition. Is Nosema ceranae replacing Nosema apis?

scientific article published on 18 December 2011

Multiple stressors interact to impair the performance of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Neonicotinoid Residues in Wildflowers, a Potential Route of Chronic Exposure for Bees.

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

No effect of low-level chronic neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebee learning and fecundity

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Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia), a controversial 21st century honey bee pathogen

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Nosema spp. infection and its negative effects on honey bees (Apis mellifera iberiensis) at the colony level.

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Nosema spp. parasitization decreases the effectiveness of acaricide strips (Apivar(®) ) in treating varroosis of honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) colonies.

scientific article published on 5 December 2011

Permanent prevalence of Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Hungary

scientific article published on September 2015

Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis.

scientific article published on 6 February 2019

Preliminary data on carrion insects in urban (indoor and outdoor) and periurban environments in central Spain.

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Qualifying pollinator decline evidence—response.

scientific article published in May 2015

Quantifying exposure of wild bumblebees to mixtures of agrochemicals in agricultural and urban landscapes

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Regurgitated pellets of Merops apiaster as fomites of infective Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) spores.

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Removing non‐crop flowers within orchards promotes the decline of pollinators, not their conservation: A comment on <scp>McDougall</scp> et al. (2021)

scientific article published in 2023

Residual Tau-Fluvalinate in Honey Bee Colonies Is Coupled with Evidence for Selection for Varroa destructor Resistance to Pyrethroids

scientific article published on 16 August 2021

Response to Comment on "Neonicotinoid Residues in Wildflowers, A Potential Route of Chronic Exposure for Bees".

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Screening alternative therapies to control Nosemosis type C in honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) colonies.

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Sensitive determination of mixtures of neonicotinoid and fungicide residues in pollen and single bumblebees using a scaled down QuEChERS method for exposure assessment.

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South American native bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) infected by Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia), an emerging pathogen of honeybees (Apis mellifera)

scientific article (publication date: April 2009)

The combined effects of a monotonous diet and exposure to thiamethoxam on the performance of bumblebee micro-colonies.

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

The differential development of microsporidia infecting worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) at increasing incubation temperature.

scientific article published in December 2010

The effect of induced queen replacement on Nosema spp. infection in honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) colonies.

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The effects of juvenile hormone on Lasius niger reproduction.

scientific article published on 7 September 2016

The growing prevalence of Nosema ceranae in honey bees in Spain, an emerging problem for the last decade

scientific article published on 8 September 2011

The presence of Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) in North African honey bees (Apis mellifera intermissa)

The prevalence of Acarapis woodi in Spanish honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies.

scientific article published on 10 September 2012

The prevalence of the honeybee brood pathogens Ascosphaera apis, Paenibacillus larvae and Melissococcus plutonius in Spanish apiaries determined with a new multiplex PCR assay.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops

scientific article published on 4 January 2016