No species is an island
Subtitle: bats, cacti, and secrets of the Sonoran Desert
By: Theodore H. Fleming ; Illustrations by Kim Kanoa Duffek
Contributors: Duffek, Kim Kanoa, illustrator
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780816535897
Subjects: Pollination by animals; Ecology; Cactus
Description: "The book describes for a general natural history audience the unexpected scientific discoveries Fleming's research team made during an intensive 11-year study of four species of Sonoran Desert columnar cacti and their pollinators"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Lesson Number 1. The Strange Sex Life of Cardon; title: Lesson Number 2. A Pollination Mix-Up Is Not Always a Bad Thing; title: Lesson Number 3. A Rare Plant-Pollinator Collaboration; title: Lesson Number 4. What's an Insect-Eating Bat Like You Doing in a Cardon Flower?; title: Lesson Number 5. Some Pollinators Run Marathons Most Days of Their Lives; title: Lesson Number 6. Tortilla Flats Is Only One Stop in a Long Journey for Many Animals; title: Lesson Number 7. No Species Is an Island; title: Epilogue.