Paths of Pollen / Stephen Humphrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphrey, Stephen, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pollination.

Pollinators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

As human actions erase habitats and raise the planet's temperature, plant diversity is dropping and a growing list of pollinators faces decline or even extinction. Paths of Pollen chronicles pollen's vital mission to spread plant genes, from the prehistoric past to the present, while looking towards an ecologically uncertain future.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Pollen’s Progress: Where’s It All Going (and Where Has It Been)?

A Prehistory of Pollen

Pollinators Painted the World

When Bees Are Not Bees and Flowers Are Not Sweet

Floral Darwinisms

Casting Pollen to the Wind

Bee Flowers and Earth Mothers

Mutual Exploitation

No Bee Is an Island

Honeybees Aren’t Good at Everything

The Curious Case of the Vanishing Bees

Desperately Seeking Bumblebees

Insect Noses and Night Flowers

Butterflies, Bats, and Border Walls

A Few Degrees in the Future

Last Flowers? Shrinking Pollination Options

Sunflowers and Space Invaders

Pollination Influencers and Urban Prairies

Bees and Neighbours

Turning Over New Leaves

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-2280-1960-5

OCLC:

1379798733