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No Species Is an Island : Bats, Cacti, and Secrets of the Sonoran Desert / Theodore H. Fleming ; Illustrations by Kim Kanoa Duffek.

Fleming, Theodore H. (författare)
Duffek, Kim Kanoa (illustratör)
ISBN 9780816537556
Publicerad: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2017
Copyright: ©2017
Engelska 1 online resource (viii, 72 sidor)
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  • Lesson Number 1 : The Strange Sex Life of Cardon -- Lesson Number 2 : A Pollination Mix-Up Is Not Always a Bad Thing -- Lesson Number 3 : A Rare Plant-Pollinator Collaboration -- Lesson Number 4 : What’s an Insect-Eating Bat Like You Doing in a Cardon Flower? -- Lesson Number 5 : Some Pollinators Run Marathons Most Days of Their Lives -- Lesson Number 6 : Tortilla Flats Is Only One Stop in a Long Journey for Many Animals -- Lesson Number 7 : No Species Is an Island. 
  • In the darkness of the star-studded desert, bats and moths feed on the nectar of night-blooming cactus flowers. By day, birds and bees do the same, taking to blooms for their sweet sustenance. In return these special creatures pol­linate the equally intriguing plants in an ecological circle of sustainability.The Sonoran Desert is the most biologically diverse desert in the world. Four species of columnar cacti, including the iconic saguaro and organ pipe, are among its most conspicuous plants. No Species Is an Island describes Theodore H. Fleming's eleven-year study of the pollination biology of these species at a site he named Tortilla Flats in Sonora, Mexico, near Kino Bay.Now Fleming shares the surprising results of his intriguing work. Among the novel findings are one of the world's rarest plant-breeding sys­tems in a giant cactus; the ability of the organ pipe cactus to produce fruit with another species' pollen; the highly specialized moth-cactus pollination system of the senita cactus; and the amazing lifestyle of the lesser long-nosed bat, the major nocturnal pollinator of three of these species.These discoveries serve as a primer on how to conduct ecological re­search, and they offer important conservation lessons for us all. Fleming high­lights the preciousness of the ecological web of our planet-Tortilla Flats is a place where cacti and migratory bats and birds connect such far-flung habitats as Mexico's tropical dry forest, the Sonoran Desert, and the temper­ate rain forests of southeastern Alaska. Fleming offers an insightful look at how field ecologists work and at the often big surprises that come from looking carefully at a natural world where no species stands alone. 

Ämnesord

Ekosystem på land  (sao)
Öknar  (sao)
Pollination  (sao)
Kaktusväxter  (sao)
Ecology  -- Sonoran Desert (LCSH)
Pollination by animals  -- Sonoran Desert (LCSH)
Cactus  -- Sonoran Desert (LCSH)
Cactus  (LCSH)
Deserts  (LCSH)
Pollination  (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ue.056 Biologi: ekosystem på land

Klassifikation

508.7217 (DDC)
Ue.056 (kssb/8)
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