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What Is Pollination
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kalman, Bobbie, Author.
- Series:
- Big science ideas What is pollination?
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pollination--Juvenile literature.
- Pollination.
- Pollen--Juvenile literature.
- Pollen.
- Pollinators--Juvenile literature.
- Pollinators.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- 2010.
- [Place of publication not identified] Crabtree Publishing Company 2010
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pollination has been in the headlines for the past few years because it directly affects the food supply on Earth. Flowering plants produce fruit or seeds only after pollination. Pollination by insects is a critical function of all land ecosystems. Most orchard fruits, vegetables, and some field crops are pollinated by insects. Pollinators are threatened by pesticides, invasive species, and habitat destruction, but they are especially threatened by a lack of awareness about their importance. This informative book filled with stunning photographs will focus on the critical fact that protecting pollinators means having food to eat. It will help children look at insects in a very different way. Teacher's guide available.
- Contents:
- What is pollen?
- What is pollination?
- Types of pollination
- Shapes and colors
- Do we need pollinators?
- Insect pollinators
- Bees are best!
- Butterflies and moths
- Wasps and flies
- Beetle pollinators
- Bird pollinators
- Lizards, bats, possums
- Pollinators in danger!
- Helping pollinators.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-4271-9440-8
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