The Natural History of Pollination

Proctor, Michael; Lack, Andrew; Yeo, Peter

ISBN 10: 000219905X / ISBN 13: 9780002199056

Published by Collins, 1996

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Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 1996 1st edition. Bookplate of the naturalist Tom Gladwin on the front pastedown. Slight fading of the colours to the spine of the dust-wrapper. An excellent copy in near fine condition. (Q4).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Natural History of Pollination
• Publisher: Collins
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000219905X
• ISBN 13: 9780002199056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

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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.