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Neonicotinoids linked to recent fall in farmland bird numbers

To: Jeremy O'Wheel <>
Subject: Neonicotinoids linked to recent fall in farmland bird numbers
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:21:47 +1000
Not having read the paper in Nature referred to, I could not answer that, but 
with the paper appearing in Nature, I would think that the idea has some legs.

Carl Clifford

> On 10 Jul 2014, at 15:25, "Jeremy O'Wheel" <> wrote:
> 
> The study seems to have found that birds that eat insects are less likely to 
> be found in areas that are sprayed with insecticides, and then the journalist 
> has implied it could be a consequence of chemical, rather than just the food 
> chain, but I don't see what evidence there is for that. 
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> 
>> On 10 July 2014 13:53, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>> I wonder what the effects are in Australia? I also wonder, has anyone been 
>> looking?
>> 
>> http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/09/neonicotinoids-farmland-birds
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
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