Bee pollination in agricultural ecosystems [electronic resource] /
by James, Rosalind R; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 232 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780199871575 (ebook) :; 0199871574 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Bees -- Control -- Environmental aspects | Pollination by insects | Agricultural ecology | Bees -- EcologyOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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