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The forgotten pollinators Stephen L. Buchmann and Gary Paul Nabhan ; with a foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; illustrations by Paul Mirocha

Catalog Data

Author:
Buchmann, Stephen L  Search this
Nabhan, Gary Paul  Search this
Illustrator:
Mirocha, Paul  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Wilson, Edward O.,  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 292 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
Contents:
Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Introduction: Remembering the Pollinators -- 1. Silent Springs and Fruitless Falls: The Impending Pollination Crisis -- 2. Flowers: Waiting for Their Ships to Come In -- 3. Pollinators: Waiting for the Bait to Pervade the Air -- 4. The Perils of Matchmaking: Pollination of Syndromes and Plant/Pollinator Landscapes -- 5. Bees in the Bestiary, Bats in the Belfry: A Menagerie of Pollinators -- 6. Fractured Fairy Tales: Disruptions in Fragmented Habitats -- 7. Need Nectar, Will Travel: Threats to Migratory Pollinators -- 8. Holding the Globe in Our Hands: The Relentless Pressures on Plants Pollinators -- 9. Keepers of the Flame: Honey Hunters and Beekeepers from Ancient to Present Times -- 10. New Bee on the Block: Competition Between Honeybees and Native Pollinators -- 11. The Little Lives Keeping Crops Fruitful: The Economics of Pollination -- 12. Cultivating Lasting Relationships: Pollinator Gardens and Ecological Restoration -- App. 1. A Call for a National Policy on Pollination -- App. 2. Pollinators of the Major Crop Plants -- App. 3. Conservation and Research Organizations -- App. 4. Sources -- App. 5. Pollination Classes for the World's Wild Flowering Plants -- App. 6. Common Agricultural Pesticides
Summary:
"In The Forgotten Pollinators, Stephen L. Buchmann, one of the world's leading authorities on bees and pollination, and Gary Paul Nabhan, award-winning writer and renowned crop ecologist, explore the vital but little-appreciated relationship between plants and the animals they depend on for reproduction - bees, beetles, butterflies, hummingbirds, moths, bats, and countless other animals, some widely recognized and others almost unknown." "Scenes from around the globe - examining island flora and fauna on the Galapagos, counting bees in the Panamanian rain forest, witnessing an ancient honey-hunting ritual in Malaysia - bring to life the hidden relationships between plants animals and demonstrates the ways in which human society affects and is affected by those relationships. Buchmann and Nabhan combine vignettes from the field with expository discussions of ecology, botany, and crop science to present a lively and fascinating account of the ecological and cultural context of plant-pollinator relationships." "More than any other natural process, plant-pollinator relationships offer vivid examples of the connections between endangered species and threatened habitats. The authors explain how human-induced changes in pollinator populations - caused by overuse of chemical pesticides, unbridled development, and conversion of natural areas into monocultural cropland - can have a ripple effect on disparate species, ultimately leading to a "cascade of linked extinctions.""--Jacket
Topic:
Pollinators  Search this
Animal-plant relationships  Search this
Biodiversity  Search this
Pollination  Search this
Pollinisateurs  Search this
Relations animal-plante  Search this
Biodiversité  Search this
Bestäubung  Search this
Bestäubungsökologie  Search this
Bestuiving  Search this
Plant-dier-relatie  Search this
Natuurbehoud  Search this
Biologia Animal  Search this
dieren  Search this
animals  Search this
nuttige organismen  Search this
beneficial organisms  Search this
ecologisch evenwicht  Search this
ecological balance  Search this
bestuiving  Search this
bestuivers (dieren)  Search this
diergemeenschappen  Search this
animal communities  Search this
insect-plant relaties  Search this
insect plant relations  Search this
animal ecology  Search this
nature conservation  Search this
dierecologie  Search this
natuurbescherming  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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