Bumblebees - Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation

Zusatztext This text provides an excellent review of bumble bee biology and behaviour. Informationen zum Autor Prof Dave Goulson has had a lifelong interest in insects, having started collecting butterflies as a small boy. After a degree in Biology at Oxford University and a PhD at Oxford Brookes University, he obtained a lectureship at the University of Southampton in 1995, where he stayed for 11 years. He is now Professor of Biological Sciences and Head of the School of Biological & Environmental Sciences at the University of Stirling. In 2006 he founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, a membership-based charity devoted to the active promotion of bee conservation in the UK; the trust now has 3,000 members. Klappentext This book provides a concise and readable summary of the ecology and behaviour of bumblebees, with a particular focus on practical issues such as conservation strategies, management of bumblebees for crop pollination, and the possible impacts of bumblebees as non-native invasive species. Zusammenfassung This book provides a concise and readable summary of the ecology and behaviour of bumblebees, with a particular focus on practical issues such as conservation strategies, management of bumblebees for crop pollination, and the possible impacts of bumblebees as non-native invasive species.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Goulson, Dave (University of Stirling Goulson, Goulson Dave
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2010
• EAN: 9780199553068
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955306-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, Insects (entomology), Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Animal behaviour, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Zoology and animal sciences