<p><i>Pollination and Floral Ecology</i> is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to all aspects of pollination biology--and the first fully up-to-date resource of its kind to appear in decades. This beautifully illustrated book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advert
Pollination and Floral Ecology
β Scribed by Pat Willmer
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 789
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Part I: Essentials of Flower Design and Function......Page 12
Chapter 1 Why Pollination Is Interesting......Page 14
Chapter 2 Floral Design and Function......Page 22
Chapter 3 Pollination, Mating, and Reproduction in Plants......Page 66
Chapter 4 Evolution of Flowers, Pollination, and Plant Diversity......Page 99
Part II: Floral Advertisements and Floral Rewards......Page 114
Chapter 5 Advertisements 1: Visual Signals and Floral Color......Page 116
Chapter 6 Advertisements 2: Olfactory Signals......Page 145
Chapter 7 Rewards 1: The Biology of Pollen......Page 165
Chapter 8 Rewards 2: The Biology of Nectar......Page 201
Chapter 9 Other Floral Rewards......Page 232
Chapter 10 Rewards and Costs: The Environmental Economics of Pollination......Page 245
Part III: Pollination Syndromes?......Page 270
Chapter 11 Types of Flower Visitors: Syndromes, Constancy, and Effectiveness......Page 272
Chapter 12 Generalist Flowers and Generalist Visitors......Page 299
Chapter 13 Pollination by Flies......Page 315
Chapter 14 Pollination by Butterflies and Moths......Page 333
Chapter 15 Pollination by Birds......Page 348
Chapter 16 Pollination by Bats......Page 367
Chapter 17 Pollination by Nonflying Vertebrates and Other Oddities......Page 381
Chapter 18 Pollination by Bees......Page 389
Chapter 19 Wind and Water: Abiotic Pollination......Page 429
Chapter 20 Syndromes and Webs: Specialists and Generalists......Page 445
Part IV: Floral Ecology......Page 492
Chapter 21 The Timing and Patterning of Flowering......Page 494
Chapter 22 Living with Other Flowers: Competition and Pollination Ecology......Page 514
Chapter 23 Cheating by Flowers: Cheating the Visitors and Cheating Other Flowers......Page 535
Chapter 24 Flower Visitors as Cheats and the Plantsβ Responses......Page 553
Chapter 25 The Interactions of Pollination and Herbivory......Page 565
Chapter 26 Pollination Using Florivores: From Brood Site Mutualism to Active Pollination......Page 576
Chapter 27 Pollination in Different Habitats......Page 586
Chapter 28 The Pollination of Crops......Page 616
Chapter 29 The Global Pollination Crisis......Page 631
Appendix......Page 650
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References......Page 674
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