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Discover the world of pollination through our essential resource - 'Pollination and Floral Ecology'. This groundbreaking text serves as the most comprehensive guide to pollination biology available today, bringing you a fully up-to-date resource that has been absent from the field for decades. This beautifully illustrated book explores the fascinating ways in which flowers employ colors, shapes, and scents to attract various pollinators including beetles, birds, bats, and bees.
Delve into the complex interactions that define floral ecology, including critical topics such as the timing of flowering, competition among plants for pollinator attention, and the intriguing dynamics between plants and their animal partners. This volume emphasizes the specialization and generalization found in animal-flower relationships, addressing how misconceptions about true pollinators can impact our understanding of flower evolution.
Moreover, 'Pollination and Floral Ecology' highlights the essential pollination services that animals provide to both crops and native flora amidst the current global pollination crisis. Enjoy hundreds of illustrations, offering both color and black-and-white perspectives that enhance your understanding of these vital ecological interactions. It is a must-have for students, researchers, and nature enthusiasts alike.
Not only does this book fulfill academic needs, but it also serves as a beautiful addition to any nature lover's library. Order yours now with the benefit of free shipping, and please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled. Add this indispensable resource to your collection today!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691128610
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
Pollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to appear in decades. This beautifully illustrated book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advertise themselves; how they offer pollen and nectar as rewards; and how they share complex interactions with beetles, birds, bats, bees, and other creatures. The ecology of these interactions is covered in depth, including the timing and patterning of flowering, competition among flowering plants to attract certain visitors and deter others, and the many ways plants and animals can cheat each other. Pollination and Floral Ecology pays special attention to the prevalence of specialization and generalization in animal-flower interactions, and examines how a lack of distinction between casual visitors and true pollinators can produce misleading conclusions about flower evolution and animal-flower mutualism.
This one-of-a-kind reference also gives insights into the vital pollination services that animals provide to crops and native flora, and sets these issues in the context of today's global pollination crisis. * Provides the most up-to-date resource on pollination and floral ecology * Describes flower advertising features and rewards, foraging and learning by flower-visiting animals, behaviors of generalist and specialist pollinators--and more * Examines the ecology and evolution of animal-flower interactions, from the molecular to macroevolutionary scale * Features hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations
Delve into the complex interactions that define floral ecology, including critical topics such as the timing of flowering, competition among plants for pollinator attention, and the intriguing dynamics between plants and their animal partners. This volume emphasizes the specialization and generalization found in animal-flower relationships, addressing how misconceptions about true pollinators can impact our understanding of flower evolution.
Moreover, 'Pollination and Floral Ecology' highlights the essential pollination services that animals provide to both crops and native flora amidst the current global pollination crisis. Enjoy hundreds of illustrations, offering both color and black-and-white perspectives that enhance your understanding of these vital ecological interactions. It is a must-have for students, researchers, and nature enthusiasts alike.
Not only does this book fulfill academic needs, but it also serves as a beautiful addition to any nature lover's library. Order yours now with the benefit of free shipping, and please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled. Add this indispensable resource to your collection today!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691128610
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
Pollination and Floral Ecology is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to appear in decades. This beautifully illustrated book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advertise themselves; how they offer pollen and nectar as rewards; and how they share complex interactions with beetles, birds, bats, bees, and other creatures. The ecology of these interactions is covered in depth, including the timing and patterning of flowering, competition among flowering plants to attract certain visitors and deter others, and the many ways plants and animals can cheat each other. Pollination and Floral Ecology pays special attention to the prevalence of specialization and generalization in animal-flower interactions, and examines how a lack of distinction between casual visitors and true pollinators can produce misleading conclusions about flower evolution and animal-flower mutualism.
This one-of-a-kind reference also gives insights into the vital pollination services that animals provide to crops and native flora, and sets these issues in the context of today's global pollination crisis. * Provides the most up-to-date resource on pollination and floral ecology * Describes flower advertising features and rewards, foraging and learning by flower-visiting animals, behaviors of generalist and specialist pollinators--and more * Examines the ecology and evolution of animal-flower interactions, from the molecular to macroevolutionary scale * Features hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations