Includes bibliographical references (p. [663]-750) and indexes.

Essentials of flower design and function -- Why pollination is interesting -- Floral design and function -- Pollination, mating, and reproduction in plants -- Evolution of flowers, pollination, and plant diversity -- Floral advertisements and floral rewards -- Advertisements 1: visual signals and floral color -- Advertisements 2: olfactory signals -- Rewards 1: the biology of pollen -- Rewards 2: the biology of nectar -- Other floral rewards -- Rewards and costs: the environmental economics of pollination -- Pollination syndromes? -- Types of flower visitors: syndromes, constancy, and effectiveness -- Generalist flowers and generalist visitors -- Pollination by flies -- Pollination by butterflies and moths -- Pollination by birds -- Pollination by bats -- Pollination by nonflying vertebrates and other oddities -- Pollination by bees -- Wind and water: abiotic pollination -- Syndromes and webs: specialists and generalists -- Floral ecology -- The timing and patterning of flowering -- Living with other flowers: competition and pollination ecology -- Cheating by flowers: cheating the visitors and cheating other flowers -- Flower visitors as cheats and the plants' responses -- The interactions of pollination and herbivory -- Pollination using florivores: from brood site mutualism to active pollination -- Pollination in different habitats -- The pollination of crops -- The global pollination crisis.

Covers various aspects of pollination biology. This book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advertise themselves; how they offer pollen and nectar as rewards; and, how they share complex interactions with beetles, birds, bats, bees, and other creatures. It also covers the ecology of these interactions.

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