ENGLISH

Bumblebee Economics

By Bernd Heinrich

Book information

Publisher
Harvard Business Review
Year
1979
ISBN
0-674-08580-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35501305 bytes)
Pages
252\252
Topic
Biology
Time added
2019-01-03 01:42:22

Description

Contents (ix)......Page 7 Introduction (1)......Page 8 1. The Colony Cycle (7)......Page 13 2. Economy of the Colony (23)......Page 28 3. The Flight Machine and Its Temperature (39)......Page 43 4. Warming Up (55)......Page 59 5. Heating the Nest (65)......Page 69 6. The Heat Transfer System (79)......Page 83 7. Juggling Costs and Benefits (95)......Page 99 8. Commuting and Foraging Movements (109)......Page 113 9. Foraging Optimization by Individual Initiative (123)......Page 127 10. Competition between Species (147)......Page 151 11. Pollination and Energetics (161)......Page 165 12. Ecology and Coevolution (179)......Page 183 Summary (201)......Page 205 Appendix A. How to Rear Bumblebees (207)......Page 211 Appendix B. The Bumblebees of North America (215)......Page 219 References (221)......Page 225 Index (231)......Page 235

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