Bumblebee Economics
Bumblebee Economics
ISBN: 9780674016392
出版社: Harvard University Press
出版年: 2004-11
页数: 280
定价: USD 29.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
In a new preface, Bernd Heinrich ranges from Maine to Alaska and north to the Arctic as he summarizes findings from continuing investigations over the past twenty-five years—by himself and others—into the wondrous ‘energy economy’ of bumblebees.
作者简介
Bernd Heinrich is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Vermont. He has written several memoirs of his life in science and nature, including One Man’s Owl, and Ravens in Winter. Bumblebee Economics was twice a nominee for the American Book Award in Science, and A Year in the Maine Woods won the 1995 Rutstrum Authors’ Award for Literary Excellence.
目录
Preface [to the 2004 Edition]
Introduction
1. The Colony Cyclev
2. Economy of the Colony
3. The Flight Machine and Its Temperature
4. Warming Up
5. Heating the Nest
6. The Heat Transfer System
7. Juggling Costs and Benefits
8. Commuting and Foraging Movements
9. Foraging Optimization by Individual Initiative
10. Competition between Species
11. Pollination and Energetics
12. Ecology and Coevolution
Summary
Appendix A: How to Rear Bumblebees
Appendix B: The Bumblebees of North America
References
Index