Summary
Ecological degradation driven by human behavior and the resultant disruptions to sensory processing is a major focus of conservation neuroscience. The impacts of odor pollution have come under increasing scrutiny in recent decades. Agrochemical scent pollution has been found to disrupt bumblebee behavior, a particularly alarming finding in light of their critical role as pollinators in agricultural and natural ecosystems. These findings imply that neural processing of floral odors is impacted by odor pollution. One barrier for understanding these impacts of agrochemicals on bumblebee foraging
