Bee pollination in agricultural ecosystems
Bee pollination in agricultural ecosystems [electronic resource] /
edited by Rosalind R. James and Theresa L. Pitts-Singer.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 232 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Managed and wild bees are critical for successful pollination of numerous fruit, vegetable, oilseed and legume seed crops and both are considered here. So is treatment of how bees also impact the agro-ecosystem in ways beyond simple pollination such as by transporting pollen from genetically modified plants.
9780199871575 (ebook) : No price
Bees--Control--Environmental aspects.
Pollination by insects.
Agricultural ecology.
Bees--Ecology.
QK926
595.7991755
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Managed and wild bees are critical for successful pollination of numerous fruit, vegetable, oilseed and legume seed crops and both are considered here. So is treatment of how bees also impact the agro-ecosystem in ways beyond simple pollination such as by transporting pollen from genetically modified plants.
9780199871575 (ebook) : No price
Bees--Control--Environmental aspects.
Pollination by insects.
Agricultural ecology.
Bees--Ecology.
QK926
595.7991755