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  3. Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2010
Print publication year:
1989
Online ISBN:
9780511574641
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511574641
Subjects:
Life Sciences, Ecology and Conservation, Entomology
Series:
Cambridge Tropical Biology Series
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Book description

Humans have been fascinated by bees for centuries. Bees display a wide spectrum of behaviours and ecological roles that have provided biologists with a vast amount of material for study. Among the types observed are both social and solitary bees, those that either pollinate or destroy flowers, and those that display traits allowing them to survive underwater. Others fly mainly at night, and some build their nests either in the ground or in the tallest rain forest trees. This highly acclaimed book summarises and interprets research from around the world on tropical bee diversity and draws together major themes in ecology, natural history and evolution. The numerous photographs and line illustrations, and the large reference section, qualify this book as a field guide and reference for workers in tropical and temperate research. The fascinating ecology and natural history of these bees will also provide absorbing reading for other ecologists and naturalists. This book was first published in 1989.

Reviews

‘It will be valued for its substantial and wide-ranging bibliography, as well as for the text, which is a carefully organised mosaic of sparkling fragments giving tempting glimpses of a relatively unexplored world.’

Source: Trends in Ecology and Evolution

‘ … it should be on the shelves of anyone interested in bees, insects or the ecology of the tropics.’

Source: New Scientist

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