The New Naturalist Library Number 83: The Natural History of Pollination

PROCTOR, Michael; YEO, Peter; LACK, Andrew

ISBN 10: 000219905X / ISBN 13: 9780002199056

Published by Collins, 1996

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Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pages edges are just a little grubby. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. Evidence of sticker removal from FFEP. Pictoral glazed paper dust jacket with white lettering to spine and front. Dj is in a good condition albeit with some mild creasing to the edges. Spine area is faded. Now protected by a removable plastic sleeve. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1172g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 034058:14h) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 1172 G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Naturalist Library Number 83: The Natural History of Pollination
• Publisher: Collins
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000219905X
• ISBN 13: 9780002199056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

The importance of insects in pollinating flowers is today so well known, it is easy to forget that it was discovered less than 200 years ago. Before that, it was believed that the concern of bees with flowers was simply a matter of collecting honey. The methods by which pollen reaches the female flower, enabling fertilization and seed production to take place, include some of the most varied and fascinating mechanisms in the natural world. This guide describes all the ways pollination is effected - by wind, w even bats - but principally in many wonderful ways by a diversity of insect species.

About the Author

Michael Proctor is an Honorary Research Fellow (and until his retirement in 1994 was Reader in Plant Ecology) at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter. With wide interests in ecology and plant biosystematics, his interest in insects and pollination ecology dates from his student days, shared with Peter Yeo at Cambridge. He has published many scientific papers on a variety of ecological topics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.