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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 modifi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: James, Rosalind R., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Bees > Control > Environmental aspects > United States.
Pollination by insects.
Agricultural ecology > United States.
Pollination.
Bees
Pollination
United States
Abeilles > Lutte contre > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Pollinisation par les insectes.
Écologie agricole > États-Unis.
Pollinisation.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Agricultural ecology
Pollination by insects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199717873
0199717877
9780199871575
0199871574