The Natural History of Pollination

Proctor, Michael; Lack, Andrew; Yeo, Peter

ISBN 10: 000219905X / ISBN 13: 9780002199056

Published by Collins, 1996

About this Item

Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 1996 1st edition. Bookplate of the naturalist Tom Gladwin on the front pastedown. Slight fading of the colours to the spine of the dust-wrapper. An excellent copy in near fine condition. (Q4).

Seller Inventory # Q4NN28311

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Natural History of Pollination
• Publisher: Collins
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000219905X
• ISBN 13: 9780002199056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

About this title

Synopsis

This is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers. The importance of insects in pollinating flowers is today so well known it is easy to forget that it was discovered little more than two centuries before that, it was believed that the concern of bees with flowers was simply a matter of collecting honey. But the methods by which pollen reaches the female flower, enabling fertilisation and seed production to take place, include some of the most varied and fascinating mechanisms in the natural world. The Natural History of Pollination describes all the ways in which pollination is brought by wind, water, birds, bats and even mice and rats; but principally by a great diversity of insects in an amazing range of ways, some simple, some bizarre. This book is a unique introduction to a complex yet easily accessible subject of great fascination.

Book Description

This updated edition of a natural history classic, first published in 1973 as , provides an introduction to the various methods by which pollen reaches the female flower, enabling fertilization and seed production to take place. Abundant b&w illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.