
A few people have asked me about what’s covered in my book which is being published by Pelagic and is currently in production. Here’s the chapter titles:
Preface
1 The importance of pollinators and pollination
2 More than just bees: the diversity of pollinators
3 To be a flower
4 Fidelity and promiscuity in Darwin’s entangled bank
5 The evolution of pollination strategies
6 A matter of time: from daily cycles to climate change
7 Agricultural perspectives
8 Urban environments
9 The significance of gardens
10 The shifting fates of pollinators
11 New bees on the block
12 Managing, restoring and connecting habitats
13 The politics of pollination
14 Studying pollinators and pollination
As you can see it’s a very wide-ranging overview of the subject, and written to be accessible to both specialists and non-specialists alike. To quote what I wrote in the Preface:
“While the book is aimed at a very broad audience, and is intended to be comprehensible to anyone with an interest in science and the environment, and their intersection with human societies, I hope it will also be of interest to those dealing professionally with plants and pollinators. The subject is vast, and those working on bee or hoverfly biology, for example, or plant reproductive ecology, may learn something new about topics adjacent to their specialisms. I certainly learned a lot from writing the book.”
The book is about 100,000 words in length, lots of illustrations, and there will be an index. My copy editor reckons there’s 450 references cited, though I haven’t counted. I do know that they run to 28 pages in the manuscript, and that’s with 11pt text. All going well it will be published before Christmas.
Look forward to seeing that book; regards
Thanks!
Great ill have it for christmas as ive pre purchased, looking forward to it.
Thanks!
Guess I should have asked this before I ordered it, but it will be relevant to readers in North America, won’t it? Looking forward to receiving and reading it!
Oh yes, I’ve tried to make it globally relevant! As you might imagine, there’s a lot of UK example, but also examples from all over the world. And I’ve tried to make it clear that the examples I use are transferable to other parts of the globe.
Very much looking forward to diving into the book.
Thanks, I’ll be relieved when it’s out!