Pollination (eBook)

The Enduring Relationship between Plant and Pollinator

Timothy Walker (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2020
224 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21184-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An enticing illustrated look at pollination, one of the most astonishing marvels of the natural worldPollination is essential to the survival of most plants on Earth. Some plants rely on the wind to transport pollen from one flower to another. Others employ an array of ingenious strategies to attract and exploit pollinators, whether they be insects, birds, or mammals. This beautifully illustrated book provides an unprecedented look at the wonders of pollination biology, drawing on the latest science to explain the extraordinarily complex relationship between plant and pollinator, and revealing why pollination is vital for healthy ecosystems and a healthy planet.Timothy Walker offers an engaging introduction to pollination biology and explores the many different tactics of plant reproduction. He shows how wind and water can be effective yet wildly unpredictable means of pollination, and describes the intimate interactions of pollinating plants with bees and butterflies, beetles and birds, and lizards and bats. Walker explores how plants entice pollinators using scents, colors, and shapes, and how plants rely on rewards as well as trickery to attract animals. He sheds light on the important role of pollination in ecology, evolution, and agriculture, and discusses why habitat management, species recovery programs, and other conservation efforts are more critical now than ever.Featuring hundreds of color photos and illustrations, Pollination is suitable for undergraduate study and is an essential resource for naturalists, horticulturalists, and backyard gardeners.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 350 color images
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Agave • agents of pollination • angiosperm diversity • Angiosperms • animal pollinators • Anthurium • Antirrhinum • aphid • aroids • Asclepias incarnata • backyard gardening • Bacterial spore • Beehive • Bombus dahlbomii • books for gardeners • Bract • brood chamber • Cauliflory • cereal • Cinnabar moth • Cistaceae • Coevolution • Coryanthes • cross-pollination • Cuckoo wasp • Cultivar • Cycad • Datura • Daucus Carota • Deciduous • Digitalis • ecosystem maintenance • Erysimum • Eudicots • Euphorbiaceae • Fern ally • Fig wasp • flowering plant • Flowering Plants • frond • Fungicide • gardening books • Geranium • Germination • gift books for gardeners • gymnosperm • Gynoecium • Hellebore • Helleborus foetidus • Helleborus Niger • Herbicide • honey bee • hoverfly • Inbreeding • insect • insecticide • Insect trap • Invasive species • Kangaroo paw • Labellum (botany) • Large garden bumblebee • Linalool • Manduca sexta • Mason Bee • Meiosis • Meligethes aeneus • Mock orange • mutualism • nectar • nectar guide • oat • Organic Gardening • Ostiole • outcrossing • parasitism • perianth • Pesticide • petal • Pheromone • Plant evolution • Plant Nursery • plant reproduction • Plant reproductive morphology • Pollen • pollen basket • Pollen beetle • pollen tube • Pollination • pollination and farming • Pollination syndrome • pollinator • Pollinator decline • Pollinium • Prodoxidae • PYRETHROID • queen anne's lace • raised-bed gardening • Rufous-breasted hermit • Scrophulariaceae • secondary growth • seeds • selfing • self-pollination • Sepal • Sexual Dimorphism • Shrub • Solanaceae • Sperm • Spermatophyte • Sporopollenin • stamen • Staminode • Tepal • Termite • Thrips • Urban Gardening • Varroa destructor • vegetable gardening • Venus Flytrap • Victoria waterlily • waggle dance • western honey bee • Yucca • Zygaenidae
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21184-1 / 0691211841
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21184-8 / 9780691211848