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Foreword | |
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction: Remembering the Pollinators | p. 3 |
Silent Springs and Fruitless Falls: The Impending Pollination Crisis | p. 15 |
Flowers: Waiting for Their Ships to Come In | p. 27 |
Pollinators: Waiting for the Bait to Pervade the Air | p. 47 |
The Perils of Matchmaking: Pollination of Syndromes and Plant/Pollinator Landscapes | p. 65 |
Bees in the Bestiary, Bats in the Belfry: A Menagerie of Pollinators | p. 85 |
Fractured Fairy Tales: Disruptions in Fragmented Habitats | p. 103 |
Need Nectar, Will Travel: Threats to Migratory Pollinators | p. 119 |
Holding the Globe in Our Hands: The Relentless Pressures on Plants Pollinators | p. 131 |
Keepers of the Flame: Honey Hunters and Beekeepers from Ancient to Present Times | p. 145 |
New Bee on the Block: Competition Between Honeybees and Native Pollinators | p. 169 |
The Little Lives Keeping Crops Fruitful: The Economics of Pollination | p. 185 |
Cultivating Lasting Relationships: Pollinator Gardens and Ecological Restoration | p. 203 |
Bibliography | p. 225 |
Glossary | p. 241 |
App. 1. A Call for a National Policy on Pollination | p. 257 |
App. 2. Pollinators of the Major Crop Plants | p. 260 |
App. 3. Conservation and Research Organizations | p. 263 |
App. 4. Sources | p. 268 |
App. 5. Pollination Classes for the World's Wild Flowering Plants | p. 274 |
App. 6. Common Agricultural Pesticides | p. 275 |
Index | p. 281 |
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