Pollination: The Enduring Relationship between Plant and Pollinato
07/10/20 10:41AM
Timothy Walker. Princeton University Press, 2020, 224p., ISBN 9780691203751
Abstract: The book offers an engaging introduction to pollination biology and explores the many different tactics of plant reproduction. It shows how wind and water can be effective yet wildly unpredictable means of pollination, and describes the intimate interactions of pollinating plants with bees and butterflies, beetles and birds, and lizards and bats. The book explores how plants entice pollinators using scents, colors, and shapes, and how plants rely on rewards as well as trickery to attract animals. It sheds light on the important role of pollination in ecology, evolution, and agriculture, and discusses why habitat management, species recovery programs, and other conservation efforts are more critical now than ever.
