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Bumblebees
Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation
Taschenbuch von Dave Goulson
Sprache: Englisch

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This book provides a concise and readable summary of the ecology and behaviour of bumblebees, with a particular focus on practical issues such as conservation strategies, management of bumblebees for crop pollination, and the possible impacts of bumblebees as non-native invasive species.
This book provides a concise and readable summary of the ecology and behaviour of bumblebees, with a particular focus on practical issues such as conservation strategies, management of bumblebees for crop pollination, and the possible impacts of bumblebees as non-native invasive species.
Über den Autor
Prof Dave Goulson has had a lifelong interest in insects, having started collecting butterflies as a small boy. After a degree in Biology at Oxford University and a PhD at Oxford Brookes University, he obtained a lectureship at the University of Southampton in 1995, where he stayed for 11 years. He is now Professor of Biological Sciences and Head of the School of Biological & Environmental Sciences at the University of Stirling. In 2006 he founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, a membership-based charity devoted to the active promotion of bee conservation in the UK; the trust now has 3,000 members.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: Introduction

  • 2: Thermoregulation

  • 3: Social Organisation and Conflict

  • 4: Finding a Mate

  • 5: Natural Enemies

  • 6: Foraging Economics

  • 7: Exploitation of Patchy Resources

  • 8: Choice of Flower Species

  • 9: Intraspecific Floral Choices

  • 10: Foraging Cues Gained from Other Bees

  • 11: Competition and Niche Differentiation in Bumblebee Communities

  • 12: Bumblebees as Pollinators

  • 13: Conservation

  • 14: Bumblebees Abroad; Effects of Introduced Bees

  • References

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199553075
ISBN-10: 0199553076
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Goulson, Dave
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 239 x 169 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Dave Goulson
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2009
Gewicht: 0,593 kg
Artikel-ID: 121048350
Über den Autor
Prof Dave Goulson has had a lifelong interest in insects, having started collecting butterflies as a small boy. After a degree in Biology at Oxford University and a PhD at Oxford Brookes University, he obtained a lectureship at the University of Southampton in 1995, where he stayed for 11 years. He is now Professor of Biological Sciences and Head of the School of Biological & Environmental Sciences at the University of Stirling. In 2006 he founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, a membership-based charity devoted to the active promotion of bee conservation in the UK; the trust now has 3,000 members.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: Introduction

  • 2: Thermoregulation

  • 3: Social Organisation and Conflict

  • 4: Finding a Mate

  • 5: Natural Enemies

  • 6: Foraging Economics

  • 7: Exploitation of Patchy Resources

  • 8: Choice of Flower Species

  • 9: Intraspecific Floral Choices

  • 10: Foraging Cues Gained from Other Bees

  • 11: Competition and Niche Differentiation in Bumblebee Communities

  • 12: Bumblebees as Pollinators

  • 13: Conservation

  • 14: Bumblebees Abroad; Effects of Introduced Bees

  • References

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199553075
ISBN-10: 0199553076
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Goulson, Dave
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 239 x 169 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Dave Goulson
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2009
Gewicht: 0,593 kg
Artikel-ID: 121048350
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