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Research Project:
POLLINATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE CROP POLLINATORS
Location: Pollinating Insects-- Biology, Management and Systematics Research
Title: FOR NONNATIVE CROPS, WHENCE POLLINATORS OF THE FUTURE?
Authors
Submitted to: Thomas Say Publications in Entomology
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: March 1, 2003
Publication Date: January 2, 2004
Citation: Strickler, K., Cane, J.H. 2004. For nonnative crops, whence pollinators of the future?. Lanham, MD. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. 204.
Interpretive Summary: The objective of this book was to evaluate the means and concerns by which agricultural crops of North America will continue to be pollinated into the 21st century. Chapters review the history and management practices for all managed bee species in North America, in part to illustrate the paths and pitfalls toward successful management. Other chapters review the advantages and regulations for further introductions, and on the cautionary side, the ecological impacts of exotic bee species that are already established on the continent.
Technical Abstract:
The objective of this book was to evaluate the means and concerns by which agricultural crops of North America will continue to be pollinated into the 21st century. Chapters review the history and management practices for all managed bee species in North America, in part to illustrate the paths and pitfalls toward successful management. Other chapters review the advantages and regulations for further introductions, and on the cautionary side, the ecological impacts of exotic bee species that are already established on the continent.
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