Bumblebee Economics,9780674016392

Bumblebee Economics

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ISBN13: 9780674016392
ISBN10: 0674016394
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-11-30
Publisher(s): Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

In his 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 him and others--into the wondrous "energy economy" of bumblebees.

Table of Contents

Preface 2004 xi
Introduction 1(146)
1 The Colony Cycle
7(16)
2 Economy of the Colony
23(16)
3 The Flight Machine and Its Temperature
39(16)
4 Warming Up
55(10)
5 Heating the Nest
65(14)
6 The Heat Transfer System
79(16)
7 Juggling Costs and Benefits
95(14)
8 Commuting and Foraging Movements
109(14)
9 Foraging Optimization by Individual Initiative
123(24)
10 Competition between Species 147(14)
11 Pollination and Energetics 161(18)
12 Ecology and Coevolution 179(22)
Summary 201(6)
Appendix A: How to Rear Bumblebees 207(8)
Appendix B: The Bumblebees of North America 215(6)
References 221(10)
Index 231

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