Bumblebees. Behaviour, ecology and conservation. 2nd edition. Paperback. Also available as a hardback.

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Bumblebees. Behaviour, ecology and conservation. 2nd edition. Paperback. Also available as a hardback. Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Oxford University Press
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Pages: 336 Illustrations and other contents: 50 illustrations plus an 8 page colour plate section ISBN: 9780199553075 Categories: , ,

Provides an authoritative and accessible account of bumblebee biology,building on the reputation of the first edition, to provide a fully revised and comprehensive successor with a considerable expansion of most chapters following new work in the area. Technical jargon has been kept to a minimum and sufficient background information given to enable anyone to follow the text without difficulty.

Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world. They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of ecological and behavioural concepts, such as social organization, optimal foraging theories, host-parasite interactions, and pollination. Recently they have become a focus for conservationists due to mounting evidence of range contractions and catastrophic extinctions with some species disappearing from entire continents (e.g. in North America). Only by improving our understanding of their ecology can we devise sensible plans to conserve them. The role of bumblebees as invasive species (e.g. Bombus terrestris in Japan) has also become topical with the growing trade in commercial bumblebee nests for tomato pollination leading to establishment of non-native bumblebees in a number of countries.

Since the publication of the first edition of the book, there have been hundreds of research papers published on bumblebees. There is clearly a continuing need for an affordable, well-illustrated, and appealing text that makes accessible all of the major advances in understanding of the behaviour and ecology of bumblebees that have been made in the last 30 years.

Paperback.
336 pages, 50 illustrations plus an 8 page colour plate section

9780199553075

Weight0.8 kg
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This excellent survey by our leading bumblebee biologist covers all aspects of the life of these fascinating insects ... The expert will surely find much to admire, and the non-expert like myself much to learn that is lucidly explained. * Chris Smout, BRISC * This text provides an excellent review of bumble bee biology and behaviour. * Bees for Development * This book is a good choice for students just learning about the beguiling world of bumblebees. * The Quarterly Review of Biology *

Author Biography

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.