Bee pollination in agricultural ecosystems
By: edited by Rosalind R. James and Theresa L. Pitts-Singer.
Contributors: James, Rosalind R.; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195316957
Subjects: Bees -- Control -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Pollination by bees; Agricultural ecology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: bees in nature and on the farm / Theresa L. Pitts-Singer and Rosalind R. James; title: Crop pollination services from wild bees / Claire Kremen; title: Crop pollination in greenhouses / José M. Guerra-Sanz; title: Pollinating-bees crucial to farming wildflower seed for U.S. habitat restoration / James H. Cane; title: Honey bees, bumble bees, and biocontrol: new alliances between old friends / Peter G. Kevan ... [et al.]; title: Ecophysiology of the life cycle in osmia mason bees used as crop pollinators / Jordi Bosch, Fabio Sgolastra, William P. Kemp; title: Past and present management of alfalfa bees / Theresa L. Pitts-Singer; title: The problem of disease when domesticating bees / Rosalind R. James; title: Environmental impact of exotic bees introduced for crop pollination / H. Vergara; title: Invasive exotic plant-bee interactions / Karen Goodell; title: Estimating the potential for bee-mediated gene flow in genetically-modified (gm) crops / James E. Cresswell; title: Genetically modified crops: effects on bees and pollination / Lora A. Morandin; title: The future of agricultural pollination / Rosalind James and Theresa Pitts-Singer.