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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION - Remembering the Pollinators
CHAPTER 1 - Silent Springs and Fruitless Falls
The Impending Pollination Crisis
CHAPTER 2 - Flowers
Waiting for Their Ships to Come In
CHAPTER 3 - Pollinators
Waiting for the Bait to Pervade the Air
CHAPTER 4 - The Perils of Matchmaking
Pollination Syndromes and Plant/Pollinator Landscapes
CHAPTER 5 - Bees in the Bestiary, Bats in the Belfry
A Menagerie of Pollinators
CHAPTER 6 - Fractured Fairy Tales
Disruptions in Fragmented Habitats
CHAPTER 7 - Need Nectar, Will Travel
Threats to Migratory Pollinators
CHAPTER 8 - Holding the Globe in Our Hands
The Relentless Pressures on Plants And Pollinators
CHAPTER 9 - Keepers of the Flame
Honey Hunters and Beekeepers from Ancient to Present Times
CHAPTER 10 - New Bee on the Block
Competition Between Honeybees and Native Pollinators
CHAPTER 11 - The Little Lives Keeping Crops Fruitful
The Economics of Pollination
CHAPTER 12 - Cultivating Lasting Relationships
Pollinator Gardens and Ecological Restoration
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX I - A Call For a National Policy on Pollination
APPENDIX 2 - Pollinators of the Major Crop Plants
APPENDIX 3 - Conservation and Research Organizations
APPENDIX 4 - Sources
APPENDIX 5
APPENDIX 6 - Common Agricultural Pesticides
INDEX
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