Collected Publications of the Applied Ecology and Anthecology Laboratory

 

The laboratory's publications are sorted by topic area into the following categories:

 

 

 

Agriculture Publications

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Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of Sno Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Richards, K.W. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Status of Pollination in Canada.  (In Press). In:  Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of São Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollination:  Plinth, pedestal, and pillar for terrestrial productivity.  The why, how, and where of pollination protection, conservation, and promotion. pp. 7-68.  In:  C.S. Stubbs and F.A. Drummond (eds.), Bees and Crop Pollination - Crisis, Crossroads, Conservation, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G. and M. Robinson.  2001.  Secrets of the hoary squash bee uncovered.  Fruit and Vegetable Magazine 57(1): 42-43.

 

Morandin, L., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Effect of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination intensity on the quality of greenhouse tomatoes.  Journal of Economic Entomology 94(1): 172-179.

 

Kevan, P.G.  2000.  Pollination in some tropical tree crops (coconut, cashew, carambola, and mombin):  Are bees important?  VI International Conference on Apiculture and Bees in Tropical Climates (Costa Rica, August, 1996).  pp. 77-85.

 

Kevan, P.G. and B. Husband.  2000.  Sustaining pollination: Agriculture and beekeeping.  Report to Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/orep/kevan_19_rep.htm

 

Melendez, V., P.G. Kevan, V. Parra-Tabla, M.I. Ramirez, H.C. Harries, B.M. Fernandez and H.N. Torres.  2000.  Pollination and diversity of floral visitors on Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in Yucatan, Mexico.  Seventh International Conference on Tropical Bees:  Management and Diversity and Fifth Asian Apicultural Association Conference, 19-25 March, 2000.  Chiang Mai, Thailand.  p. 295-298.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.    

 

Allen-Wardell, G., P. Bernhardt, R. Bittner, A. Burquez, S. Buchmann, J. Cane, P.A. Cox, V. Dalton, P. Feinsinger, M. Ingram, D. Inouye, C.E. Jones, K. Kennedy, P. Kevan, H. Koopowitz, R. Medellin and G.P. Nabhan.  1998.  The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields.  Conservation Biology 12: 8-17.

 

Belaousoff S., D.S. Guenther, P.G. Kevan, S. Murphy and C. Swanton.  1998.  Do tillage regimes and crop types influence terrestrial isopod diversity? (With a practical key to identification of species in northeastern North America).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 39-45.

 

Kevan, P., C. Greco and S. Belaoussoff.  1997. Log-normality of diversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators in blueberry heaths. Journal of Applied Ecology 34:1122-1136.

 

Kevan P.G., V.G. Thomas and S. Belaoussoff.  1997.  AgrECOLture: defining the ecology in agriculture.  Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 9(2/3): 109-129.

 

 

Apiculture Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Beekeeping.  The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.

 

Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Bees.  The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.

 

Mardan, M. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Critical temperatures for survival of brood and adult workers of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera: Apidae).  Apidologie  33: 295-301.

 

Kevan, P.G., L. Chittka and A.G. Dyer.  2001.  Limits to the Salience of ultraviolet: lessons from colour vision in bees and birds.  The Journal of Experimental Biology  204: 2571-2580.

 

Kevan, P.G., J.C. Sutton, L. Tam, M. Al-Mazra’awi, G. Boland, B. Broadbent, S.V. Thomson and G.J. Brewer.  2001.  Bees as vectors for biological control agents.  Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference on Tropical Bees: Management and Diversity, Thailand.  Pgs 303-306.

 

Kevan, P.G. and B. Husband.  2000.  Sustaining pollination: Agriculture and beekeeping.  Report to Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/orep/kevan_19_rep.htm

 

Punchihewa, R.W.K., N. Koeniger and P.G. Kevan.  2000.  Management of swarming in Apis cerana.  In:  M. Matsuka, L.R. Verma, S. Wongsiri, K.K. Shrestha and Uma Partap (Eds.).  Asian Bees and Beekeeping: Progress of Research and Development, Proceedings of VI Asian Apicultural Association International Conference, Kathmandu, March 23-28, 1998 (Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, NY, USA). pp. 114-115.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Ne’eman G. and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  The effect of shape parameters on maximal detection distance of model targets by honeybee workers.  Journal of Comparative Physiology  187: 653-660.

 

Kevan, P.G.  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393

 

Kevan S.D., Nasr M.E. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Feeding menthol to honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): entry and persistence in haemolymph without causing mortality.  The Canadian Entomologist 131: 279-281.

 

Nasr, M. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  IPM for diseases and parasites in honey bees.  Pest Management News 10(4): 3.

 

Nasr, M.E. 1998. Mite resistant honey bee stock in Ontario. The Hive Lights.

Nasr, M.E. 1998. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1997 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Kevan, P.G.  1997.  Bees:  How They Live in Nature and in Human Service:  Notes in Bee Biology and Management.  Enviroquest, Ltd., Cambridge, ON.  ISBN 0-9680123-1-0.

 

McRory, D. and M.E. Nasr.  1997. 1997 recommendation to control honey bee diseases and parasites in Ontario. The Sting. 16.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis, and C.D. Scott-Dupree.  (Accepted, 1997). Divergent selection for tracheal mite resistance in honey bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J. Econ. Entomol.
 
Nasr, M.E.  1997. Mite resistant bees in Ontario. Canadian Beekeeping. J.

Nasr, M.E.  1997. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1996 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Giurfa, M., M. Vorobyev, P.G. Kevan and R. Menzel.  1996. Detection of coloured stimuli by honey bees: minimum visual angles and receptor specific contrasts. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 178: 699-709.

Kevan, P.G. and G.M. Roberts.  1996. A Canadian evaluation of the Strainaway© honey filtration apparatus. Canadian Beekeeping 19(2): 38-40.

Nasr, M.E., D. McRory and A. Skinner.  1996. Single treatment for controlling honey bee parasitic mites with formic acid. Entomological Society of America, Louisville, KY.

Nasr, M.E.  1996. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1995 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Introductory apiculture: 102 years young and more students than anywhere. American Bee Journal 135(3): 185-187.

Kevan, P.G. and G.M. Roberts.  1995. A North American evaluation of the Strainaway® honey filtration apparatus. American Bee Journal 135: 494-497.

Kevan, P.G. (Ed.).  1995. The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. 315 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Bee botany: Pollination, foraging and floral calendars. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 113-116.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Insect pollination of economically important plants of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subrropical Asia. Environquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 129-134.

Kevan, P.G., R.W.K. Punchihewa and C.F. Greco.  1995. Foraging range of Apis cerana and its implications for honey production and apiary management. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 223-228.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Integrating science and development to successful apiculture. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 251-256.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1995. Honey bee drones' susceptibility to tracheal mite infestation and their role in breeding tracheal mite-resistant bees. Entomological Society of America, Baltimore, MD.

Nasr, M.E., D. McRory and A. Skinner.  1995. Evaluation of honey bee resistant to mites to tolerance to tracheal mites under field conditions. Entomological Society of America, Las Vegas, NV.

R.E. Page Jr, G.E. Robinson, M.K. Fondrk and M.E. Nasr.  1995. Effects of worker genotypic diversity on honey bee colony development and behavior (Apis mellifera L.). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 36: 387-396.

Nasr, M.E. and D. McRory.  1995. Honey bee characteristics of economic importance to Ontario beekeepers in Canada. Am. Bee J. 135:423-425.

Nasr, M.E.  1995. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1994 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Nasr, M.E. and G. McRory.  1995. Tech-transfer of mite resistant bees to Ontario beekeepers. The Sting 13.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and M.E. Nasr.  1994. Settling velocity of some pollen grains and spores and their variability. Grana.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and M.E. Nasr.  1994. Settling velocity of some pollen grains and spores and their variability. Grana. 34: 39-44.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Pollination in modern agriculture: changing practices; new and hybrid crops. pp. 398-409. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT. pp. 398-409.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Wind or insects: Pollination of Coconut (Cocos nucifera) in the Maldive Islands. ibid. pp. 372-377. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Nasr, M.E. and G. Grant.  1994. Integrated pest management for mite infestations in honey bee colonies. Ontario Apicultural News-Letter. pp 2.

Nasr, M.E.  1994. Augmentation of tracheal mite resistant stocks in honey producers' operations and selection of good breeder queens. The Sting 12: 15-17.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1994. Breeding for tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) resistance in honey bees. Proceeding of Apimondia, XXVI International Beekeeping Congress meeting, Beijing, China.

Liu, T.P. and M.E. Nasr.  1993. Preventive treatment of tracheal mites, Acarpis woodi (Rennie) with vegetable oil extender patties in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. Am. Bee J. 133: 873-875.

Kevan, P.G., W.A. Straver, M. Offer and T.M. Laverty.  1992. Pollination of greenhouse tomatoes by bumble bees in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 122: 15-19.

Kevan, P.G.  1992. Honey bees (Apis mellifera: Hymenoptera: Apidae) and fonofos on sweet corn (Zea mays: Poaceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 122: 35-40.

Kevan, P.G., H. Lee and R. Shuel.  1992. Sugar ratios in nectar of varieties of canola (Brassica napus). Journal of Apicultural Research 30: 99-102.

Kevan, P.G.  1992. Bangladesh linkage programme: from grassroots to kernels of corn. Beekeeping as an example of a cottage industry with family, local, regional and national value. Institutional linkages from bottom to top and top to bottom. In: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Report of Bangladesh Academic Linkages Seminar, Ottawa, June 25-27, 1992. Appendix 3.12, 8pp.

Kevan, P.G., H. Lee and R.W. Shuel.  1992. Why honey from canola granulates: sugar ratios in nectar and glucose to water ratios in honey. Canadian Beekeeping 17: 35-38.

Kevan, P.G. 1992. Skunk cabbage: An early source of pollen. Canadian Beekeeping 16: 221-222.

Liu, T.P. and M.E. Nasr.  1992. Effects of formic acid treatment on the infection of tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi (Rennie), in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L. Am. Bee J. 132: 666-668.

Dawicki, B., G.W. Otis, C.D. Scott-Dupree and M.E. Nasr.  1992. Host preference of the honey bee tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi (Rennie)). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 15: 83-89.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C.D. Scott-Dupree.  1992. Potential uses of Canadian honey bees in breeding for resistance to tracheal mites. Am. Bee J. 132: 812.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C.D. Scott-Dupree.  1992. Screening Ontario honey bee stocks for tracheal mite resistance. Hivelights. 7: 10-11.

Scott-Dupree, C.D., G.W. Otis, and M.E. Nasr.  1992. Building a better bee. Highlights of Agriculture and Food Research in Ontario. 15: 2-7.

Lin, H., G.W. Otis, M.E. Nasr and C.D. Scott-Dupree.  1992. Comparative tracheal mite resistance of Canadian and Buckfast bees. Am. Bee J. 132: 810.

Kevan, P.G., T.W. Laverty and H.A. Denmark.  1991. Association of Varroa jacobsoni with organisms other than honey bees and implications for its dispersal. Bee World 71: 119-121.

Chapman, T.W., A.P. Willsie, P.G. Kevan and D.S. Willis.  1991. Fiberglass resin for determining nest architecture of ground nesting bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 63: 641-643.

Nasr, M.E., D. McRory, G.W. Otis and T.P. Liu.  1991. Evaluation of using formic acid, tobacco smoke, and fluvalinate strips in detecting varroa mites. Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV.

Kevan, P.G. and T.M. Laverty.  1990. A brief survey and caution about importing alternative pollinators into Canada. Varroa can survive outside the hive and away from honey bees. Canadian Beekeeping 15: 176-177.

Nasr, M.E., R.W. Thorp, T.L. Tyler and D.L. Briggs.   1990. A simple rapid method for estimating honey bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colony strength by measuring cluster size. J. Econ. Entomol. 83: 748-753.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1990. Breeding honey bees resistant to tracheal mites. Bee Science. 2: 122-123.

Peng, Y.S., S.J. Locke, M.E. Nasr, T.P. Liu and M.A. Montague.  1990. Differential staining for living and dead sperm of honey bees. Physiol. Entomol. 15: 211-217.

Gary, N.E., R.E. Page, R.A. Morse, C.E. Henderson, M.E. Nasr and K. Lorenzen.  1990. Comparative resistance of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from Great Britain and United States to infestation by tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi). Am. Bee. J. 130: 667-669.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. How honey bees forage for pollen at skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.) (Araceae). Apidologie 20: 485-490.

Mardan, M. and P.G. Kevan.  1989. Mass defecation, yellow rain, and thermoregulation by the giant honeybee Apis dorsata. Nature 341: 191.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Yellow Rain. Sunday Times (Simcoe) 1(11): 6.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Needham, G.R., R.E. Page, M. Delfinado-Baker and C.E. Bowman (eds.). 1988. African honey bees and bee mites. Ellis Horwood, Ltd., Chichester. xviii + 572 pp. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada. (Book review)

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, M.E. Nasr, E. Guzman, J. Leong, T. Tyler, K. White, K. Yashuda, E. Mussen and G. DeGrandi-Hoffman.  1989. 1989 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 89-M14.

Kevan, P.G., D.L. Collins-Thompson, D. Eisikowitch and M.A. Lachance.  1989. Milkweeds, pollinators and yeasts: a system for potential biocontrol of milkweed seed production. Highlights of Agricultural Research in Ontario 12(3): 21-24.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Plants for Beekeeping in Canada and the Northern U.S.A. By: J. Ramsay. International Bee Research Association. Canadian Beekeeping 14(2): 81.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Plants for Beekeeping in Canada and in the Northern U.S.A. By: J. Ramsay. International Bee Research Association. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(1): 9.

Nasr, M.E., Y.S. Peng and J. Hedrick.  1988. Isolation, purification and partial chemical characterization of vitellogenin and vitellin from honey bee queens. International Conference of Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites. Columbus, Ohio.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr and S.J. Locke.  1988. Geographical races of Apis cerana Fabricius in China and their distribution. Review of recent Chinese publications and preliminary statistical analysis. Apidologie, 19: 9-20.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, M.E. Nasr, T. Tyler, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, G.M. Loper, and D. Eisikowich.  1988. 1988 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond boarc of California, Project No. 88-M13.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Honeybee Ecology: A Study of Adaptation in Social Life. by: Thomas D. Seeley. 1985. Monographs in behavior and ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. Canadian Field-Naturalist 101: 503-504.

Kevan, P.G.  1987(1988). Alternative pollinators for Ontario's crops: prefatory remarks to papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Guelph, April 12, 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 118: 109-110.

Mohr, N.A. and P.G. Kevan.  1987(1988). Pollinators and pollination requirements of lowbush blueberry, (Vaccinium aungustifolium Ait. and V. myrtilloides Michx.) and cranberry (V. macrocarpon with notes on highbush blueberry (V. corymbosum L.) and lignonberry (V. vitis - ideae L.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 118: 149-154.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Pesticides and Bees: A legal case from England with relevance to Canada. Canadian Beekeeping 13(9): 208.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Alfalfa leafcutter bees and the Ontario alfalfa growers. Canadian Beekeeping 13(4): 81.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Alfalfa leafcutter bees and the Ontario alfalfa growers. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 5(2): 20.

Peng, Y.S., D.M. Gordon, M.E. Nasr and L.R. Teuber.  1987. Pollen variation in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars. Pollen et Spores 29: 45-58.

Peng, Y.S., Y. Fang, S. Xu, L. Ge and M.E. Nasr.  1987. The response of the foster Asian honey bee (Apis cerana Fabr.) to the brood of European honey bee (Apis mellifera Linn.) infested with parasitic mite, <>Oudemans. J. Invert. Pathol. 49:259-264.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, P. Torchio, A. Phoon, T. Tyler, M.E. Nasr, D. Black, J. King, D. Gordon and N. Rodrigues.  1987a. 1987 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 87-M11.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, D. James, D. Gordon, J. King, M.E. Nasr, T. Tyler and N. Rodrigues.  1987b. 1987 Annual report on Kiwifruit pollination. Kiwifruit commission of California.

Gordon, D.M., S.J. Locke, M.E. Nasr, T.L. Tyler and T.C. Webster.  1986. A survey of current beekeeping practices in California: Implication for the Africanized honey bee control. Am. Bee J. 126: 799-803.

Kevan, P.G., G.W. Otis and R.H. Coffin.  1986. Is Sevin XLR less hazardous for honeybees than other Sevin Formulations? Experiments on blooming canola in Ontario. Canadian Beekeeping 12: 225-226.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1986. Floral petal microtexture is a tactile cue for bees (reprinted from Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.). Canadian Beekeeping 13(3): 62-63.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr and J.M. Marston.  1986. Release of alfalfa, Medicago sativa, pollen cytoplasm in the gut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 79: 804-807.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, J. Skinner, T. Tyler, M.E. Nasr, P. Tochio and D. Black.  1986a. 1986 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 86-M11.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, M.E. Nasr, T. Tyler and N. Rodrigues.  1986b. 1986 Annual report on Kiwifruit pollination. Kiwifruit commission of California.

Kevan, P.G., N.A. Mohr and G. Gambles.  1985. Bees for blueberries in northern Ontario. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 3(4): 17-18.

Peng, Y.S. and M.E. Nasr.  1985. Detection of honeybee tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi) by simple staining techniques. J. Invert. Pathol. 46: 325-331.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr, J.M. Marston and Y. Fang.  1985. The digestion of dandelion pollen by adult worker honeybee. Physio. Entomol. 10: 75-82.

Punchihewa, R.W.K., N. Koeniger, P.G. Kevan and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Observations on the dance communication and natural foraging ranges of the three honeybee species in Sri Lanka. Journal of Apicultural Research 24: 168-175.

Kevan, P.G., R.A. Morse and P. Akratanakul.  1984. Apiculture in tropical and sub-tropical Asia with special reference to Euroepan honeybees and development programmes. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/1 March 1984. 24 pp. and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 10-32.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Bee botany: pollination, foraging and floral calendars. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/6 March 1984. 4 pp. and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 51-55.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Insect pollination of economically important plants of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/7 March 1984. 8 pp and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 77-85.

Kevan, P.G., G.W. Otis, R.H. Coffin, M.F. Whitford and L.A. Elder.  1984(1985). Hazards of Carbaryl Formulations to caged Honeybees foraging on flowering canola (Brassica napus) in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 115: 49-54.

Kevan, P.G., R.A. Morse and P. Akratanakul.  1984. Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 238 pp.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr, J.M. Marston and Y. Fang.  1984. Digestion of Torula yeast, Canadida utilis, by the adult honeybee, Apis mellifera. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 77: 627-632.

Kevan, P.G., S.D. St. Helens and I. Baker.  1983. Honeybees feeding from honeydew exudate of diseased Gambel's oak in Colorado. Journal of Apicultural Research 22: 53-56.

Thorp, R.W., G.M. Loper, D.L. Briggs, R. Mitchell, M.E. Nasr, O. Kaftanoglu, T. Parasian, J. Skinner, T. Webester, T. Tyler and J. White.  1983. 1983 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 83-M8.

Kevan, P.G. and R. Bye.  1982. Comb honey production without foundation in Mexico. American Bee Journal 112: 356-357.

Eid, M.A.A., M.M. Ewies and M.E. Nasr.  1978. The weight of the newly emerged honeybee queen as an index of its potential productivity. Bull. Fac. Agric. Cairo University. 39: 91-111.

Eid, M.A.A., M.M. Ewies and M.E. Nasr.  1978. Some physiological changes which occur during the preoviposition period of honeybee queens. Bull. Fac. Agric. Cairo University. 39: 112-132.

Eid, M.A.A., M.M. Ewies and M.E. Nasr.  1978. Biological significance of the weight of newly emerged honeybee queens and weight changes during the previposition period. Bull. Fac. Agric. Cairo University. 39: 137-169.

Kevan, P.G.  1974. Peary Caribou and Muskoxen on Banks Island. Arctic 27: 256-264.

Kevan, P.G.  1971. Oil under the Tundra in the Mackenzie Delta region. Canadian Field-Naturalist 85: 99-100 & 122.

Kevan, P.G.  1970. A National Park for the Northwest Territories--continued. Canadian Field-Naturalist 84: 65-66.

Kevan, P.G. and D.K. McE. Kevan.  1970. Collembola as Pollen Feeders and Flower Visitors with Observations from the High Arctic. Quaestiones entomologicae 6: 311-326.

Kevan, P.G.  1970. Heat Suggestion from the North. Science (Washington) 170: 1260.

 

 

 

Arctic / Alpine Publications

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Niwranski, K., P.G. Kevan and A. Fjellberg.  2002.  Effects of vehicle disturbance and soil compaction on Arctic collembolan abundance and diversity on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.  European Journal of Soil Biology 38: 193-196.

 

Tam, L., A.M. Derry, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  2001.  Functional diversity and community structure of microorganisms in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere Canadian arctic soils.  Biodiversity and Conservation  10: 1933-1947

 

Derry, A.M., P.G. Kevan and S.D.M. Rowley.  1999.  Soil nutrients and vegetation characteristics of a Dorset/Thule site in the Canadian Arctic.  Arctic  52(2): 204-213

 

Derry A.M., W.J. Staddon, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  1999.  Functional diversity of microorganisms in three Arctic soils as determined by sole-carbon-utilization.  Biodiversity and Conservation  8(2): 205-221.

 

Kevan, P.G. and D.M. Kendall.  1997.  Liquid assets for fat bankers: summer nectarivory by migratory moths in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A.  Arctic and Alpine Research 29(4): 478-482.

 

Kevan, P.G., B.C. Forbes, S.M. Kevan and V. Behan-Pelletier.  1995. Vehicle tracks on high Arctic tundra: their effects on the soils, vegetation, and soil arthropods. Journal of Applied Ecology 32: 655-667.

Kevan, P.G. and O. Kukal.  1993. Corrigendum: A balanced life table for Gynaephora groenlandica (Lepidoptera: Lymanitriidae), a long-lived high arctic insect, and implications for the stability of its populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 156-163.

Kevan, P.G. and E.A. Tikhmenev.  1992. Opit kompanii "INCO Limited" v rekul'tivatsii khvostokhranilishch. Kolima (Magadan). February, 1992. pp. 27-28.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. Sexual differences in temperatures of blossoms on a dioecious plant, Salix arctica (Salicaceae): significance for life in the Arctic. Arctic and Alpine Research 22: 283-289.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Thermoregulation in arctic insects and flowers: Adaptation had co-adaptation in behaviour, anatomy, and physiology. In: J.B. Mercer (Ed.). Thermal Physiology 1989. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Thermal Physiology, Tromsø, Norway, 16-21 July 1989. Excerpta Medica, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. The Netherlands. pp. 747-754.

Kevan, P.G. (Umingmak). 1989. Insect terms. Minutes of 12th Annual Inuktitut Terminology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, November 27-30, 1989. Inuit Cultural Institute, Arviat, N.W.T. pp. 11-12.

Kukal, O. and P.G. Kevan.  1987. The influence of parasitism on the life history of a high arctic insect Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 156-163.

Kevan, P.G. and H.V. Danks.  1986. Arctic insects. In: B. Sage (Ed.). The Arctic and Its Wildlife. Croom-Helm Ltd., England. pp. 72-77.

Kevan, P.G. and H.V. Danks.  1986. Adaptations of Arctic insects. In: Ch. 6, Adaptations of Animals and Plants to the Arctic Environment. In: B. Sage. The Arctic and Its Wildlife. Croom-Helm Ltd., England. pp. 55-57.

Kevan, P.G., J.G.H. Cant and D.K. McE. Kevan.  1983. Predator avoidance posturing of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from the Colorado Alpine and Plains. Canadian Entomologist 115: 115-122.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1983. Bumblebee foraging and floral scent dimorphism: Bombus kirbyellus Curtis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Polemonium viscosum Nutt. (Polemoniaceae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 1207-1213.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Arctic Arthropods: A Review of Systematics and Ecology with Particular Reference to the North American Fauna, by H.V. Danks. Journal of Arctic and Alpine Research 14: 379.

Kevan, P.G., T.S. Jensen and J.D. Shorthouse.  1981. Body temperatures and behavioral thermoregulation of high Arctic woolly-bear caterpillars and pupae (Gynaephora rossii, Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) and the importance of sunshine. Arctic and Alpine Research 14: 125-136.

Kendall, D.M., P.G. Kevan and J.D. Lafontaine.  1981. Nocturnal flight activity of moths (Lepidoptera) in alpine tundra. Canadian Entomologist 113: 607-614.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1980. Scent and color polymorphisms and pollination ecology in Polemonium viscosum Nutt. American Midland Naturalist 104: 281-289.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. The spectral efficiency of phototaxis for some high Arctic Diptera. Arctic and Alpine Research 11: 349-352.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. Book review of Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada: A High Arctic Ecosystem. Edited by L.C. Bliss. Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1977. xxi + 714 pp. and map Arctic and Alpine Research 11: 122-124.

Kevan, P.G.  1976. Book review of Ecological Sites in Northern Canada. Edited by D.N. Nettleship and P.A. Smith. Ottawa. 1975. Arctic and Alpine Research 8: 412-413.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Sun-tracking solar furnaces in high arctic flowers: significance for pollination and insects. Science (Washington) 189: 723-726.

Kevan, P.G.  1974. Natural History, Natural Historians, and Snowmobiling. The Osprey (Newfoundland Natural History Society Newsletter) 4: 134-139.

Kevan, P.G.  1973. Parasitoid Wasps as Flower-Visitors in the Canadian High Arctic. Anzieger für Schadlingskunde und Pflanzenschutz 46: 3-8.

Kevan, P.G.  1973. Flowers, Insects, and Pollination Ecology in the Canadian High Arctic. Polar Record 22: 667-674.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Heliotropism in some Arctic Flowers. Canadian Field-Naturalist 86: 41-44.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Insect Pollination of High Arctic Flowers. Journal of Ecology 60: 813-847.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Floral Colours in the High Arctic with Reference to Insect-Flower Relations and Pollination. Canadian Journal of Botany 50: 2289-2316.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Good Ruts, Bad Ruts. Blue Jay 30: 207-203.

Kevan, P.G.  1971. Vehicle tracks on High Arctic Tundra. An 11-year case History around Hazen Camp, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Defence Research Board, Ottawa: Operation Hazen, No. 41. 17 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and J.D. Shorthouse.  1970. Behavioural Thermoregulation by High Arctic Butterflies. Arctic 23: 268-279.

Fuller, W.A. and P.G. Kevan (Editors).  1970. Proceedings of the Conference on Productivity and Conservation in Northern Circumpolar Lands, Edmonton, Alberta. 15-17 October 1969. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland. Publication in the New Series No. 16. 344 pp.

Kevan, P.G. (Editor).  1970. Insect Life in Arctic Lands. Boreal Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton. (Translation by S. Nimmo of Insektlifvet i Arktiska Lander by C. Aurivillius, 1883 in A.E. Nordenskiold (Editor) Studier och forskningas foranledda af mina resor i hoga norden. F. & B. Biejer Forlag, Stockholm. pp. 403-409.

 

 

 

Behaviour and Perception Publications

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Kevan, P.G., L. Chittka and A.G. Dyer.  2001.  Limits to the Salience of ultraviolet: lessons from colour vision in bees and birds.  The Journal of Experimental Biology  204: 2571-2580.

 

Kevan, P.G. and C.F. Greco.  2001.  Contrasting patch choice behaviour by immature ambush predators, a spider (Misumena vatia) and an insect (Phymata americana).  Ecological Entomology  26: 1-6.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Effect of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination intensity on the quality of greenhouse tomatoes.  Journal of Economic Entomology 94(1): 172-179.

 

Morandin L.A., T.M. Laverty, and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

                                                              

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Ne’eman, G. and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  The effect of shape parameters on maximal detection distance of model targets by honeybee workers.  Journal of Comparative Physiology  187: 653-660.

 

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Polyethism in foraging in a polymorphic predator, Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae): a case for balance.  The Canadian Entomologist  131: 259-268.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Kevan, P.G. and W. Backhaus.  1998.  Color vision:  ecology and evolution in making the best of the photic environment. pp. 163-183.  In:  W.G.K. Backhaus, R. Kliegl and J.S. Werner (eds.), Color Vision: Perspectives from Different Disciplines, (de Gruyter, Berlin).

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1998.  Insects on Flowers: Pollination and Floral Visitation.  pp. 407-637.  pp. 553-584.  In:  C.B. Huffaker and A.P. Gutierrez (eds.), Ecological Entomology (2nd Edition), Wiley, N.Y.).

 

Dafni A., M. Lehrer and P.G. Kevan.  1997.  Spatial flower parameters and insect spatial vision.  Biological Research  72: 239-282.

 

Giurfa, M., M. Vorobyev, P.G. Kevan and R. Menzel.  1996. Detection of coloured stimuli by honey bees: minimum visual angles and receptor specific contrasts. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 178: 699-709.

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: flower-specific specializations. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 236-241.

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Patch choice in the anthophilous ambush predator Phymata americana: improvement by switching hunting sites as part of an initial choice. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 1912-1917.

Greco, C.F., P. Weeks and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Patch choice in ambush predators: Plant height selection by Misumena vatia (Araneae: Thomisidae) and Phymata americana (Heteroptera: Phymatidae). Ecoscience 2: 203-205.

Greco, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Contrasting patch choosing by anthophilous ambush predators: vegetation and floral cues for decisions by a crab spider (Misumena vatia) and males and females of an ambush bug (Phymata americana). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1583-1588.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. How large bees, Bombus and Xylocopa (Apoidea: Hynmenoptera) forage on trees. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 2: 233-242.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Thermoregulation in arctic insects and flowers: Adaptation had co-adaptation in behaviour, anatomy, and physiology. In: J.B. Mercer (Ed.). Thermal Physiology 1989. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Thermal Physiology, Tromsø, Norway, 16-21 July 1989. Excerpta Medica, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. The Netherlands. pp. 747-754.

Mardan, M. and P.G. Kevan.  1989. Mass defecation, yellow rain, and thermoregulation by the giant honeybee Apis dorsata. Nature 341: 191.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Texture sensitivity in the life of honeybees. In: R. Menzel and A. Mercer (Eds.). Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo. pp. 96-101.

Kukal, O. and P.G. Kevan.  1987. The influence of parasitism on the life history of a high arctic insect Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 156-163.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1986. Bees can distinguish plant species by microscopic textural features on petals. Honeybee Science 7(4): 145-150.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1985. Flower petal microtexture is a tactile cue for bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 82: 4750-4752.

Punchihewa, R.W.K., N. Koeniger, P.G. Kevan and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Observations on the dance communication and natural foraging ranges of the three honeybee species in Sri Lanka. Journal of Apicultural Research 24: 168-175.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1983. Bumblebee foraging and floral scent dimorphism: Bombus kirbyellus Curtis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Polemonium viscosum Nutt. (Polemoniaceae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 1207-1213.

Kevan, P.G., J.G.H. Cant and D.K. McE. Kevan.  1983. Predator avoidance posturing of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from the Colorado Alpine and Plains. Canadian Entomologist 115: 115-122.

Kevan, P.G., S.D. St. Helens and I. Baker.  1983. Honeybees feeding from honeydew exudate of diseased Gambel's oak in Colorado. Journal of Apicultural Research 22: 53-56.

Kevan, P.G., S.D. St. Helens and I. Baker. 1983. Hummingbirds feeding from exudates on diseases scrub oak. Condor 85: 251-252.

Kendall, D.M., P.G. Kevan and J.D. Lafontaine.  1981. Nocturnal flight activity of moths (Lepidoptera) in alpine tundra. Canadian Entomologist 113: 607-614.

Kevan, P.G., T.S. Jensen and J.D. Shorthouse.  1981. Body temperatures and behavioral thermoregulation of high Arctic woolly-bear caterpillars and pupae (Gynaephora rossii, Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) and the importance of sunshine. Arctic and Alpine Research 14: 125-136.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1980. Scent and color polymorphisms and pollination ecology in Polemonium viscosum Nutt. American Midland Naturalist 104: 281-289.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. The spectral efficiency of phototaxis for some high Arctic Diptera. Arctic and Alpine Research 11: 349-352.

Kevan, P.G.  1976. Sir Thomas More on imprinting: observations from the Sixteenth Century. Animal Behaviour 24: 16-17.

Kevan, P.G. and J.D. Shorthouse.  1970. Behavioural Thermoregulation by High Arctic Butterflies. Arctic 23: 268-279.

 

 

 

Biodiversity Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Flowers, pollination, and the associated diversity of flies.  In: J.H. Skevington and P.T. Dang (eds), Exploring the Biological and Ecological Diversity of Flies (Diptera).  Biodiversity 3(4): 16-18.

 

Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of Sno Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Niwranski, K., P.G. Kevan, and A. Fjellberg.  2002.  Effects of vehicle disturbance and soil compaction on Arctic collembolan abundance and diversity on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.  European Journal of Soil Biology 38: 193-196.

 

Richards, K.W. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Status of Pollination in Canada.  (In Press). In:  Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of São Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollination:  Plinth, pedestal, and pillar for terrestrial productivity.  The why, how, and where of pollination protection, conservation, and promotion. pp. 7-68.  In:  C.S. Stubbs and F.A. Drummond (eds.), Bees and Crop Pollination - Crisis, Crossroads, Conservation, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollinators as sensitive bio-indicators of environmental conditions: Ecological and practical concerns.  In:  K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaankar, and K.S. Bawa (eds).  Tropical Ecosystems:  Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Oxford and IBH Publishing co. Pvt. Ltd.  pp. 198-199.

 

Larson, B.M.H., P.G. Kevan and D.W. Inouye.  2001.  Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 439-465.

 

Tam, L., A.M. Derry, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  2001.  Functional diversity and community structure of microorganisms in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere Canadian arctic soils.  Biodiversity and Conservation  10: 1933-1947.

 

Melendez, V., P.G. Kevan, V. Parra-Tabla, M.I. Ramirez, H.C. Harries, B.M. Fernandez and H.N. Torres.  2000.  Pollination and diversity of floral visitors on Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in Yucatan, Mexico.  Seventh International Conference on Tropical Bees:  Management and Diversity and Fifth Asian Apicultural Association Conference, 19-25 March, 2000.  Chiang Mai, Thailand.  p. 295-298.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Derry, A.M., W.J. Staddon, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  1999.  Functional diversity of microorganisms in three Arctic soils as determined by sole-carbon-utilization.  Biodiversity and Conservation  8(2): 205-221.

 

Allen-Wardell, G., P. Bernhardt, R. Bittner, A. Burquez, S. Buchmann, J. Cane, P.A. Cox, V. Dalton, P. Feinsinger, M. Ingram, D. Inouye, C.E. Jones, K. Kennedy, P. Kevan, H. Koopowitz, R. Medellin and G.P. Nabhan.  1998.  The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields.  Conservation Biology 12: 8-17.

 

Belaousoff, S., D.S. Guenther, P.G. Kevan, S. Murphy and C. Swanton.  1998.  Do tillage regimes and crop types influence terrestrial isopod diversity? (With a practical key to identification of species in northeastern North America).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 39-45.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1998.  Insects on Flowers: Pollination and Floral Visitation.  pp. 407-637.  pp. 553-584.  In:  C.B. Huffaker and A.P. Gutierrez (eds.), Ecological Entomology (2nd Edition), Wiley, N.Y.).

 

Kevan, P., C. Greco and S. Belaoussoff.  1997. Log-normality of diversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators in blueberry heaths. Journal of Applied Ecology 34: 1122-1136.

Kevan, P.G., M. Giurfa and L. Chittka.  1996. Why are there so many and so few white flowers? Trends Plant Science 1: 280-284.

Kevan, D.K. McE. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. A Preliminary record of orthopteroid insects of the Maldive Islands. Journal of Orthoptera Research 4: 223-236.

Boutin, C., M. Evenden, K. Freemark, P. Kevan, G. McLeod and A. Tomlin.  1994. Chapter 5. Effects of agriculture on biodiversity in Canada. pp. 59-113, Biodiversity in Canada: A science assessment for Environment Canada. (A. Kieth, Team Leader).

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. An hypothesis on complementary amino acids in nectar. Evolutionary Theory 10: 259-260.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Wasp Farm. By: H.E. Evans. Harvard Univ. Press. Canadian Field-Naturalist 102: 598-599.

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1983. Insects as flower visitors and pollinators. Annual Review of Entomology 28: 407-453.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Arctic Arthropods: A Review of Systematics and Ecology with Particular Reference to the North American Fauna, by H.V. Danks. Journal of Arctic and Alpine Research 14: 379.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. Vegetation and floral colors revealed by ultraviolet light: interpretational difficulties for functional significance. American Journal of Botany 66: 749-751.

Miller, D. and P.G. Kevan.  1979. Insecticides and non-target arthropods on Artemisia filifolia (Compositae). Southwestern Naturalist 24: 439-446.

Kevan, P.G.  1978. Anthophilous springtails (Collembola) from the Alaskan North Slope, from Signy Island, Antarctica, and from near Ottawa, Ontario. Revue d'Ecologie et Biologie du Sol 15: 373-378.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Forest application of the insecticide Fenitrothion and its effect on wild bee pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Biological Conservation 7: 301-309.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Pollination and environmental conservation. Environmental Conservation 2: 222-227.

Mulligan, G.A. and P.G. Kevan.  1973. Colour, brightness, and other floral characteristics attracting pollinating insects to Canadian weeds. Canadian Journal of Botany 51: 1939-1952.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Collembola on Flowers on Banks Island, N.W.T. Quaestiones entomologicae 8: 121.

Kevan, P.G. and D.K. McE. Kevan.  1970. Collembola as Pollen Feeders and Flower Visitors with Observations from the High Arctic. Quaestiones entomologicae 6: 311-326.

 

 

 

Boreal and Temperate Publications

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Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and J. Arnold.  1996. Lower planetary boundary layer profiles of atmospheric conifer pollen above a seed orchard in northern Ontario, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 83: 87-97.

Kevan, P.G. and E.A. Tikhmenev.  1996. Dynamic anemophily and the ecology of pollination in common grasses in Ontario. Russian Journal Ecology 27(4): 26-266.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and G.-E. Caron.  1996. Estimating the timing of maximum pollen release from jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) in northern Ontario. For. Chron. 72: 166-169.

Usui, M., Y. Kakuda and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Composition and energy values of wild fruits from the boreal forest of northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 74: 581-587.

Di-Giovanni, F. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Pollen dispersal and pollen contamination in conifer seed orchards. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Biometeorology, 12-18 September, 1993, Calgary Alberta. Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario. pp. 353-366.

Kukal, O. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. The influence of parasitism on the life history of a high arctic insect, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wöcke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). pp. 231-240. In: J. Svoboda & B. Freedman (Eds.). Ecology of a Polar Oasis, Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Captus University Publications, Toronto, Ontario. 268 pp.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Tikhmenev and M. Usui.  1993. Insects and plants in the pollination ecology of the boreal zone. Ecological Research 8: 247-267.

Di-Giovanni, F. and P.G. Kevan.  1991. Factors affecting pollen dynamics and its importance to pollen contamination: a review. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 21: 1155-1170.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. How large bees, Bombus and Xylocopa (Apoidea: Hynmenoptera) forage on trees. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 2: 233-242.

Ambrose, J.D. and P.G. Kevan.  1990. Reproductive biology of rare Carolinian plants with regard to conservation management. In: G.M. Allen, G.F.J. Eagles and S.D. Price (Eds.). Conserving Carolinian Canada: Conservation Biology in the Deciduous Forest Region. University of Waterloo Press. pp. 281-290.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1990. Cryptic dioecy and insect pollination in Rosa setigera Michx. (Rosaceae), a rare plant of Carolinian Canada. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 40: 229-243.

Kevan, P.G. and F. Di-Giovanni.  1990. Pollen contamination in seed orchards: A review. Ontario Tree Improvement Council Report. 69 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. How honey bees forage for pollen at skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.) (Araceae). Apidologie 20: 485-490.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Plants for Beekeeping in Canada and the Northern U.S.A. By: J. Ramsay. International Bee Research Association. Canadian Beekeeping 14(2): 81.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Plants for Beekeeping in Canada and in the Northern U.S.A. By: J. Ramsay. International Bee Research Association. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(1): 9.

Kevan, P.G., D.C.A. Blades, U. Posluszny and J.D. Ambrose.  1988. Pollen dimorphism and dioecy in Vitis aestivalis. Vitis 27: 143-146.

Ambrose, J.D., P.G. Kevan and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliata L.) in Canada: Population and reproductive biology of a rare species. Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 1928-1935.

Kevan, P.G., R.W. Longair and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Dioecy and pollen dimorphism in Vitis riparia Michx. (Vitaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 2263-2267.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Forest application of the insecticide Fenitrothion and its effect on wild bee pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Biological Conservation 7: 301-309.

 

 

 

Botany Publications

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Kron, P., B.C. Husband and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Across- and along-row pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards: insights from allozyme markers.  Journal of Horticulture Science and Biotechnology  76(3): 286-294.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband, P.G. Kevan and S. Belaoussoff.  2001.  Factor affecting pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards.  Hort Science  36(6): 1039-1046.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist 133: 883-893.

 

Roussy, A. and P.G. Kevan.  2000.  How accessible are receptive megastrobili to pollen?  The example of jack pine (Pinus banksiana).  American Journal of Botany  87(2): 215-220.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  A blooming renaissance.  Nature  402.

 

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1996. Floral symmetry and nectar guides: ontogenetic constraints from floral development, colour pattern rules and functional significance. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 371-377.

Usui, M., Y. Kakuda and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Composition and energy values of wild fruits from the boreal forest of northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 74: 581-587.

Kemp, J.R., P.G. Kevan and U. Posluszny.  1993. Morphological differences and changes of the gynoecium in short-lived flowers of Rosa setigera (Michaux) and their relationship to dioecy. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 550-556.

Kemp, J.R., U. Posluszny, J.M. Gerrath and P.G. Kevan.  1993. Floral development in Rosa setigera. Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 74-86.

Kevan, P.G., J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1991. Pollination in an understory vine, Smilax rotundifolia a threatened plant of the Carolinian forests in Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany 69: 2555-2559.

Walters, T.W., D.S. Decker-Walters, U. Posluszny and P.G. Kevan.  1991. Determination and evolutionary interpretation of comigrating allozymes among genera of the Benincaseae (Cucurbitaceae). Systematic Botany 16: 30-40.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Sun-tracking solar furnaces in high arctic flowers: significance for pollination and insects. Science (Washington) 189: 723-726.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Heliotropism in some Arctic Flowers. Canadian Field-Naturalist 86: 41-44.

 

 

 

Canopy Research Publications

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Kron, P., B.C. Husband and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Across- and along-row pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards: insights from allozyme markers.  Journal of Horticulture Science and Biotechnology  76(3): 286-294.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband, P.G. Kevan and S. Belaoussoff.  2001.  Factor affecting pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards.  Hort Science  36(6): 1039-1046.

 

Roussy, A. and P.G. Kevan.  2000.  How accessible are receptive megastrobili to pollen?  The example of jack pine (Pinus banksiana).  American Journal of Botany  87(2): 215-220.

 

 

 

Conservation Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of Sno Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Niwranski, K., P.G. Kevan, and A. Fjellberg.  2002.  Effects of vehicle disturbance and soil compaction on Arctic collembolan abundance and diversity on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.  European Journal of Soil Biology 38: 193-196.

 

Richards, K.W. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Status of Pollination in Canada.  (In Press). In:  Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of São Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollination:  Plinth, pedestal, and pillar for terrestrial productivity.  The why, how, and where of pollination protection, conservation, and promotion. pp. 7-68.  In:  C.S. Stubbs and F.A. Drummond (eds.), Bees and Crop Pollination - Crisis, Crossroads, Conservation, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollinators as sensitive bio-indicators of environmental conditions: Ecological and practical concerns.  In:  K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaankar, and K.S. Bawa (eds).  Tropical Ecosystems:  Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Oxford and IBH Publishing co. Pvt. Ltd.  pp. 198-199.

 

Kevan, P.G. and TP Phillips.  2001.  The economic impacts of pollinator declines: an approach to assessing the consequences.  Conservation Ecology  5(1): 8 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art8

 

Kevan, P.G..  2000.  Specifics to holism in new approaches to pollinator conservation.  National Conference on Pollination Ecology and its Contribution to Conservation of Biodiversity, New Delhi.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Allen-Wardell, G., P. Bernhardt, R. Bittner, A. Burquez, S. Buchmann, J. Cane, P.A. Cox, V. Dalton, P. Feinsinger, M. Ingram, D. Inouye, C.E. Jones, K. Kennedy, P. Kevan, H. Koopowitz, R. Medellin and G.P. Nabhan.  1998.  The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields.  Conservation Biology 12: 8-17.

 

Belaoussoff, S. and P.G. Kevan.  1998. Toward and ecological approach for the assessment of ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health 4:4-8.

 

Kevan, P.G., V.G. Thomas and S. Belaoussoff.  1997.  AgrECOLture: defining the ecology in agriculture.  Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 9(2/3): 109-129.

 

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Sample pollination contracts. pp. 183-193 (Appendix II). In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G., B.C. Forbes, S.M. Kevan and V. Behan-Pelletier.  1995. Vehicle tracks on high Arctic tundra: their effects on the soils, vegetation, and soil arthropods. Journal of Applied Ecology 32: 655-667.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Conserving pollinators for agriculture, forestry, and nature. pp. 16-19. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Applied pollination in Asia. pp. 50-56. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Mbaya, J.K.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Applied pollination in Africa. pp. 57-62. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Plant breeding systems and pollination. pp. 130-134. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Pollinator behaviour and plant phenology. pp. 136-141. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and M.B. Wahid.  1995. Oil palm pollination with weevils. p. 149. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Usui, M., Y. Kakuda and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Composition and energy values of wild fruits from the boreal forest of northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 74: 581-587.

Boutin, C., M. Evenden, K. Freemark, P. Kevan, G. McLeod and A. Tomlin.  1994. Chapter 5. Effects of agriculture on biodiversity in Canada. pp. 59-113, Biodiversity in Canada: A science assessment for Environment Canada. (A. Kieth, Team Leader).

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Conservation and management of pollinators: an issue in sustainable global productivity. pp. 281-288. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Tikhmenev and M. Usui.  1993. Insects and plants in the pollination ecology of the boreal zone. Ecological Research 8: 247-267.

Kevan, P.G. and E.A. Tikhmenev.  1992. Opit kompanii "INCO Limited" v rekul'tivatsii khvostokhranilishch. Kolima (Magadan). February, 1992. pp. 27-28.

Kevan, P.G.  1991. Pollination: keystone process in sustainable global productivity. Acta Horticulturae 288: 103-110.

Kevan, P.G., T.W. Laverty and H.A. Denmark.  1991. Association of Varroa jacobsoni with organisms other than honey bees and implications for its dispersal. Bee World 71: 119-121.

Kevan, P.G. and R. Bye.  1991. The natural history, sociobiology and ethnobiology of Eucheira socialis Westwood (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), an unique and little known butterfly from Mexico. The Entomologist 110: 146-165.

Kevan, P.G., J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1991. Pollination in an understory vine, Smilax rotundifolia a threatened plant of the Carolinian forests in Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany 69: 2555-2559.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas.  1991. Pollination: A crucial link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the First Conference on Agroforestry in North America. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. pp. 242-248.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1990. Cryptic dioecy and insect pollination in Rosa setigera Michx. (Rosaceae), a rare plant of Carolinian Canada. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 40: 229-243.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V. Thomas.  1990. Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5: 13-22.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas.  1990. Pollination: A crucial ecological and mutualistic link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 121: 43-48.

Ambrose, J.D. and P.G. Kevan.  1990. Reproductive biology of rare Carolinian plants with regard to conservation management. In: G.M. Allen, G.F.J. Eagles and S.D. Price (Eds.). Conserving Carolinian Canada: Conservation Biology in the Deciduous Forest Region. University of Waterloo Press. pp. 281-290.

Kevan, P.G. and T.M. Laverty.  1990. A brief survey and caution about importing alternative pollinators into Canada. Varroa can survive outside the hive and away from honey bees. Canadian Beekeeping 15: 176-177.

McFarland, J.D., P.G. Kevan and M.A. Lane.  1989. Pollination biology of Opuntia imbricata (Cactaceae) in southern Colorado. Canadian Journal of Botany 67: 24-28.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Wasp Farm. By: H.E. Evans. Harvard Univ. Press. Canadian Field-Naturalist 102: 598-599.

Osborn, M.M., P.G. Kevan and M.A. Lane.  1987. Pollination biology of Opuntia polyacantha and Opuntia phaeacantha (Cactaceae) in southern Colorado. Plant Systematics and Evolution 159: 85-94.

Kevan, P.G.  1986. Pollinating and flower visiting insects and the management of beneficial and harmful insects and plants. In: Hussein, M.Y. and A.G. Ibrahim (Eds.). Biological Control in the Tropics. Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. pp. 439-452.

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1983. Insects as flower visitors and pollinators. Annual Review of Entomology 28: 407-453.

Kevan, P.G., R.C. Plowright and G. Wood.  1981. Effects of forest spraying on native bee populations. In: Pesticide-Pollinator Interactions. National Research Council of Canada Publ. No. 18471 (Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality). pp. 114-118.

Ganders, F., P.G. Kevan, C. Plowright and R. Shuel.  1981. The effects of pollination reduction on plants. In: Pesticide-Pollination Interactors. National Research Council of Canada. Publ. No. 18471 (Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality). pp. 119-142.

Kevan, P.G. and E.B. Oppermann.  1980. Blueberry production in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Maine - Reply to Wood, et al. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 28: 81-84.

Kevan, P.G. and W.E. LaBerge.  1979. Demise and recovery of native pollinator populations through pesticide use and some economic implications. In: D.M. Caron (Ed.). Proceedings IV International Symposium on Pollination (Maryland Agricultural Experimental Station Special Miscellaneous Publication) No. 1. pp. 489-508.

Kevan, P.G.  1977. Blueberry Crops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - Pesticides and Crop Reductions. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 25: 61-64.

Kevan, P.G.  1976. Book review of Ecological Sites in Northern Canada. Edited by D.N. Nettleship and P.A. Smith. Ottawa. 1975. Arctic and Alpine Research 8: 412-413.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Forest application of the insecticide Fenitrothion and its effect on wild bee pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Biological Conservation 7: 301-309.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Pollination and environmental conservation. Environmental Conservation 2: 222-227.

Kevan, P.G.  1974. Pollination, pesticides and environmental quality. BioScience 24: 198-199.

Kevan, P.G.  1974. Natural History, Natural Historians, and Snowmobiling. The Osprey (Newfoundland Natural History Society Newsletter) 4: 134-139.

Kevan, P.G. and M. Collins.  1974. Bees, Blueberries, Birds, and Budworm. The Osprey (Newfoundland Natural History Society Newsletter) 5: 54-62.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Good Ruts, Bad Ruts. Blue Jay 30: 207-203.

Kevan, P.G.  1971. Oil under the Tundra in the Mackenzie Delta region. Canadian Field-Naturalist 85: 99-100 & 122.

Kevan, P.G.  1971. Vehicle tracks on High Arctic Tundra. An 11-year case History around Hazen Camp, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. Defence Research Board, Ottawa: Operation Hazen, No. 41. 17 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1970. A National Park for the Northwest Territories--continued. Canadian Field-Naturalist 84: 65-66.

Kevan, P.G.  1970. Heat Suggestion from the North. Science (Washington) 170: 1260.

Fuller, W.A. and P.G. Kevan (Editors).  1970. Proceedings of the Conference on Productivity and Conservation in Northern Circumpolar Lands, Edmonton, Alberta. 15-17 October 1969. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland. Publication in the New Series No. 16. 344 pp.

Fuller, W.A. and P.G. Kevan (Editors).  1970. Proceedings of the Conference on Productivity and Conservation in Northern Circumpolar Lands, Edmonton, Alberta. 15-17 October, 1969. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland. Publication in the New Series No. 16. 344 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and L.N. Evernden.  1969. A National Park for the Northwest Territories: the East Arm of Great Slave Lake and Artillery Lake. Canadian Field-Naturalist 83: 169-172.

 

 

 

Crop Plants Publications

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Kevan, P.G. and M. Robinson.  2001.  Secrets of the hoary squash bee uncovered.  Fruit and Vegetable Magazine 57(1): 42-43.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Across- and along-row pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards: insights from allozyme markers.  Journal of Horticulture Science and Biotechnology  76(3): 286-294.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband, P.G. Kevan and S. Belaoussoff.  2001.  Factor affecting pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards.  Hort Science  36(6): 1039-1046.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Effect of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination intensity on the quality of greenhouse tomatoes.  Journal of Economic Entomology 94(1): 172-179.

 

Kevan, P.G. and B. Husband.  2000.  Sustaining pollination: Agriculture and beekeeping.  Report to Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/orep/kevan_19_rep.htm

 

Kevan, P.G.  1997.  Pollination biology and plant breeding systems.  pp. 59-84.  In:  K.R. Shivanna and V.K. Sawhney (eds.), Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.).

 

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Sample pollination contracts. pp. 183-193 (Appendix II). In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Applied pollination in Asia. pp. 50-56. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Willis, D.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging dynamics of Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) on pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) in southern Ontario. Canadian Entomologist 127: 167-175.

Wahid, M.B. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Life history and feeding behaviour of the oil palm bagworm, Metisa plana Walker (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Elaeis 7(1): 18-34.

Greco, C.F., P. Banks and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging behaviour of honey bees (Apis mellifera) on asparagus (Asparagus officinalis). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 126: 37-43.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Conserving pollinators for agriculture, forestry, and nature. pp. 16-19. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Mbaya, J.K.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Applied pollination in Africa. pp. 57-62. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Plant breeding systems and pollination. pp. 130-134. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Pollinator behaviour and plant phenology. pp. 136-141. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and M.B. Wahid.  1995. Oil palm pollination with weevils. p. 149. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Insect pollination of economically important plants of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subrropical Asia. Environquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 129-134.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Pollination in modern agriculture: changing practices; new and hybrid crops. pp. 398-409. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT. pp. 398-409.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Wind or insects: Pollination of Coconut (Cocos nucifera) in the Maldive Islands. ibid. pp. 372-377. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Insects as pollinators of vegetable crops. pp. 9-10. In: Howard, R.J., J.A. Garland and W.L. Seaman. (Eds.). Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada. Entomological Society of Canada and Canadian Phytopathological Society, Ottawa. 554 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1992. Honey bees (Apis mellifera: Hymenoptera: Apidae) and fonofos on sweet corn (Zea mays: Poaceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 122: 35-40.

Kevan, P.G., H. Lee and R. Shuel.  1992. Sugar ratios in nectar of varieties of canola (Brassica napus). Journal of Apicultural Research 30: 99-102.

Kevan, P.G., W.A. Straver, M. Offer and T.M. Laverty.  1992. Pollination of greenhouse tomatoes by bumble bees in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 122: 15-19.

Peng, G., J.C. Sutton and P.G. Kevan.  1992. Effectiveness of honey bees for applying the biocontrol agent Gliocladium roseum to strawberry flowers to suppress Botrytis cinerea. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 14(2): 117-129.

Kevan, P.G.  1991. Pollination: keystone process in sustainable global productivity. Acta Horticulturae 288: 103-110.

Di-Giovanni, F. and P.G. Kevan.  1991. Factors affecting pollen dynamics and its importance to pollen contamination: a review. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 21: 1155-1170.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas.  1991. Pollination: A crucial link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the First Conference on Agroforestry in North America. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. pp. 242-248.

Walters, T.W., D.S. Decker-Walters, U. Posluszny and P.G. Kevan.  1991. Determination and evolutionary interpretation of comigrating allozymes among genera of the Benincaseae (Cucurbitaceae). Systematic Botany 16: 30-40.

Kevan, P.G. and D. Eisikowitch.  1990. Self- and cross-pollination in canola (Brassica napus L. var. O.A.C. Triton) and its implication on seed germination. Euphytica 45: 39-41.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V. Thomas.  1990. Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5: 13-22.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas.  1990. Pollination: A crucial ecological and mutualistic link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 121: 43-48.

Kevan, P.G. and F. Di-Giovanni.  1990. Pollen contamination in seed orchards: A review. Ontario Tree Improvement Council Report. 69 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. Crop pollination at the crossroads. Canadian Fruitgrower 46(3): 2-4, 18.

Walters, T.W., D.S. Decker-Walters, U. Posluszny and P.G. Kevan.  1990. Understanding grape (Vitis, Vitaceae) cultivar phylogenies. Economic Botany 44: 129-131.

Walters, T.W., U. Posluszny and P.G. Kevan.  1989. Isozyme analysis of the cultivated grape (Vitis spp.). I. A practical solution. Canadian Journal of Botany 67: 2894-2899.

Kevan, P.G. and R.C. Plowright.  1989. Fenitrothion and insect pollinators. In: W.R. Ernst, P.A. Pearce, and T.L. Pollock (Eds.). Environmental Effects of Fenitrothion Use in Forestry: Impacts on Insect Pollinators, Songbirds, and Aquatic organisms. Environment Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. pp. 13-42.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Recent Canadian progress on the biology, management and protection of native pollinators: ca. 1983-1988 and commodity-oriented pollination. In: National Workshop on Bee and Pollination Research, Winnipeg, April 4-5, 1989. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. pp. 63-72 and pp. 168-171.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Crop pollination at the cross-roads. Canadian Beekeeping 14(10): 228-229 and cover.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Crop pollination at the cross-roads: I. The immediate problems. Canadian Fruitgrower 45: 4-5, 38.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Crop pollination at the cross-roads: II. Pollination and pollinator requirements for Canadian crop plants (current status of understanding). Canadian Beekeeping 15: 12-16.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Alternate pollinators for Ontario's Crops: Report of the Symposium. Canadian Beekeeping 14(5): 107.

Walters, T.W., P.G. Kevan, U. Posluszny and H.K. Fisher.  1989. Diversity in Canadian vines. I. Wine Tidings No. 121: 31. (and a series of articles on grape varieties in this magazine).

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Keeping up with pollination concerns and options for the future. Canadian Beekeeping 14(4): 79-80.

Kevan, P.G. and B.W. Rathwell.  1988. Pesticides, honey bees and pollination. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(2): 15-18.

Kevan, P.G., N.A. Mohr, M.D. Offer and J.R. Kemp.  1988(1989). The squash and gourd bee, Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae) in Ontario, Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 119: 9-15.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Alternate pollinators for Ontario's Crops. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(2): 27-28.

Kevan, P.G. and V.I. Shattuck.  1988. Bees make parsnip seeds. Canadian Beekeeping 14(6): 139.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Alfalfa leafcutter bees and the Ontario alfalfa growers. Canadian Beekeeping 13(4): 81.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Alfalfa leafcutter bees and the Ontario alfalfa growers. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 5(2): 20.

Kevan, P.G.  1987(1988). Alternative pollinators for Ontario's crops: prefatory remarks to papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Guelph, April 12, 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 118: 109-110.

Mohr, N.A. and P.G. Kevan.  1987(1988). Pollinators and pollination requirements of lowbush blueberry, (Vaccinium aungustifolium Ait. and V. myrtilloides Michx.) and cranberry (V. macrocarpon with notes on highbush blueberry (V. corymbosum L.) and lignonberry (V. vitis - ideae L.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 118: 149-154.

Kevan, P.G.  1986. Pollinating and flower visiting insects and the management of beneficial and harmful insects and plants. In: Hussein, M.Y. and A.G. Ibrahim (Eds.). Biological Control in the Tropics. Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. pp. 439-452.

Kevan, P.G., G.W. Otis and R.H. Coffin.  1986. Is Sevin XLR less hazardous for honeybees than other Sevin Formulations? Experiments on blooming canola in Ontario. Canadian Beekeeping 12: 225-226.

Kevan, P.G., M.Y. Hussein, N. Hussey and M.B. Wahid.  1986. Modelling the use of Elaeidobius kamerunicus for pollination of oil palm. Planter (Malaysia) 62: 89-99.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1985. Flower petal microtexture is a tactile cue for bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 82: 4750-4752.

Kevan, P.G., N.A. Mohr and G. Gambles.  1985. Bees for blueberries in northern Ontario. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 3(4): 17-18.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Proceedings of the Second African Palm Oil Processing Workshop, and the Consultation on the Constitution of the African Oil Palm Development Association (AFOPDA). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 267-277.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Insect pollination of economically important plants of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/7 March 1984. 8 pp and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 77-85.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Pollination and pollinator management in oil palm. Second African Palm Oil Processing Workshop. Nifor, Benin City, Nigeria. AG5/POA 11, FAO, Rome. 14 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and E.B. Oppermann.  1980. Blueberry production in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Maine - Reply to Wood, et al. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 28: 81-84.

Kevan, P.G.  1977. Blueberry Crops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - Pesticides and Crop Reductions. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 25: 61-64.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Forest application of the insecticide Fenitrothion and its effect on wild bee pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Biological Conservation 7: 301-309.

Kevan, P.G. and M. Collins.  1974. Bees, Blueberries, Birds, and Budworm. The Osprey (Newfoundland Natural History Society Newsletter) 5: 54-62.

 

 

 

Economics Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G. and T.P. Phillips.  2001.  The economic impacts of pollinator declines: an approach to assessing the consequences.  Conservation Ecology  5(1): 8 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art8

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

 

 

Ecosystem Health

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Kevan, P.G. and T.P. Phillips.  2001.  The economic impacts of pollinator declines: an approach to assessing the consequences.  Conservation Ecology  5(1): 8 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art8

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Belaousoff, S., D.S. Guenther, P.G. Kevan, S. Murphy and C. Swanton.  1998.  Do tillage regimes and crop types influence terrestrial isopod diversity? (With a practical key to identification of species in northeastern North America).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 39-45.

 

Derry, A.M., W.J. Staddon, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  1999.  Functional diversity of microorganisms in three Arctic soils as determined by sole-carbon-utilization.  Biodiversity and Conservation  8(2): 205-221.

 

Belaoussoff, S. and P.G. Kevan.  1998. Toward and ecological approach for the assessment of ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health 4:4-8.

Kevan, P.G., Thomas V.G. and S. Belaoussoff.  1997.  AgrECOLture: defining the ecology in agriculture.  Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 9(2/3): 109-129.

 

Kevan, P., C. Greco and S. Belaoussoff.  1997. Log-normality of diversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators in blueberry heaths. Journal of Applied Ecology 34:1122-1136.

 

 

 

Entomology Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Flowers, pollination, and the associated diversity of flies.  In: J.H. Skevington and P.T. Dang (eds), Exploring the Biological and Ecological Diversity of Flies (Diptera).  Biodiversity 3(4): 16-18.

 

Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Hornets.  The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.

 

Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Wasps.  The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.

 

Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Yellowjackets.  The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.

 

Mardan, M. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Critical temperatures for survival of brood and adult workers of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera: Apidae).  Apidologie  33: 295-301.

 

Kevan, P.G. and C.F. Greco.  2001.  Contrasting patch choice behaviour by immature ambush predators, a spider (Misumena vatia) and an insect (Phymata americana).  Ecological Entomology  26: 1-6.

 

Kevan, P.G., L. Chittka and A.G. Dyer.  2001.  Limits to the Salience of ultraviolet: lessons from colour vision in bees and birds.  The Journal of Experimental Biology  204: 2571-2580.

 

Kevan, P.G., J.C. Sutton, L. Tam, M. Al-Mazra’awi, G. Boland, B. Broadbent, S.V. Thomson and G.J. Brewer.  2001.  Bees as vecors for biological control agents.  Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference on Tropical Bees: Management and Diversity, Thailand.  Pgs 303-306.

 

Larson B.M.H., P.G. Kevan and D.W. Inouye.  2001.  Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 439-465.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Ne’eman, G. and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  The effect of shape parameters on maximal detection distance of model targets by honeybee workers.  Journal of Comparative Physiology  187: 653-660.

 

Kevan, S.D., M.E. Nasr and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Feeding menthol to honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): entry and persistence in haemolymph without causing mortality.  The Canadian Entomologist 131: 279-281.

 

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Polyethism in foraging in a polymorphic predator, Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae): a case for balance.  The Canadian Entomologist  131: 259-268.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1999.  Insects on flowers.  In  Ecological Entomology, 2nd Ed (CB Huffaker and AP Gutierrez, Eds.), Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.  Pgs 553-584.

 

Belaousoff, S., D.S. Guenther, P.G. Kevan, S. Murphy and C, Swanton.  1998.  Do tillage regimes and crop types influence terrestrial isopod diversity? (With a practical key to identification of species in northeastern North America).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 39-45.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1998.  Insects on Flowers: Pollination and Floral Visitation.  pp. 407-637.  pp. 553-584.  In:  C.B. Huffaker and A.P. Gutierrez (eds.), Ecological Entomology (2nd Edition), Wiley, N.Y.).

 

Dafni, A., M. Lehrer and P.G. Kevan.  1997.  Spatial flower parameters and insect spatial vision.  Biological Research  72: 239-282.

 

Kevan, P.G. and D.M. Kendall.  1997.  Liquid assets for fat bankers: summer nectarivory by migratory moths in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A.  Arctic and Alpine Research 29(4): 478-482.

 

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: flower-specific specializations. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 236-241.

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Patch choice in the anthophilous ambush predator Phymata americana: improvement by switching hunting sites as part of an initial choice. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 1912-1917.

Greco, C.F., P. Weeks and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Patch choice in ambush predators: Plant height selection by Misumena vatia (Araneae: Thomisidae) and Phymata americana (Heteroptera: Phymatidae). Ecoscience 2: 203-205.

Kevan, D.K. McE. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. A Preliminary record of orthopteroid insects of the Maldive Islands. Journal of Orthoptera Research 4: 223-236.

Willis, D.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging dynamics of Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) on pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) in southern Ontario. Canadian Entomologist 127: 167-175.

Greco, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Contrasting patch choosing by anthophilous ambush predators: vegetation and floral cues for decisions by a crab spider (Misumena vatia) and males and females of an ambush bug (Phymata americana). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1583-1588.

Kukal, O. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. The influence of parasitism on the life history of a high arctic insect, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wöcke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). pp. 231-240. In: J. Svoboda & B. Freedman (Eds.). Ecology of a Polar Oasis, Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Captus University Publications, Toronto, Ontario. 268 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and O. Kukal.  1993. Corrigendum: A balanced life table for Gynaephora groenlandica (Lepidoptera: Lymanitriidae), a long-lived high arctic insect, and implications for the stability of its populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 156-163.

Chapman, T.W., A.P. Willsie, P.G. Kevan and D.S. Willis.  1991. Fiberglass resin for determining nest architecture of ground nesting bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 63: 641-643.

Kevan, P.G. and R. Bye.  1991. The natural history, sociobiology and ethnobiology of Eucheira socialis Westwood (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), an unique and little known butterfly from Mexico. The Entomologist 110: 146-165.

Kevan, P.G., N.A. Mohr, M.D. Offer and J.R. Kemp.  1988(1989). The squash and gourd bee, Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae) in Ontario, Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 119: 9-15.

Kevan, P.G.  1986. Pollinating and flower visiting insects and the management of beneficial and harmful insects and plants. In: Hussein, M.Y. and A.G. Ibrahim (Eds.). Biological Control in the Tropics. Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. pp. 439-452.

Kevan, P.G. and H.V. Danks.  1986. Adaptations of Arctic insects. In: Ch. 6, Adaptations of Animals and Plants to the Arctic Environment. In: B. Sage. The Arctic and Its Wildlife. Croom-Helm Ltd., England. pp. 55-57.

Kevan, P.G. and H.V. Danks.  1986. Arctic insects. In: B. Sage (Ed.). The Arctic and Its Wildlife. Croom-Helm Ltd., England. pp. 72-77.

Kevan, P.G.  1973. Parasitoid Wasps as Flower-Visitors in the Canadian High Arctic. Anzieger für Schadlingskunde und Pflanzenschutz 46: 3-8.

 

 

 

Evolution Publications

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Kevan, P.G. and W. Backhaus.  1998.  Color vision:  ecology and evolution in making the best of the photic environment. pp. 163-183.  In:  W.G.K. Backhaus, R. Kliegl and J.S. Werner (eds.), Color Vision: Perspectives from Different Disciplines, (de Gruyter, Berlin).


Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1996. Floral symmetry and nectar guides: ontogenetic constraints from floral development, colour pattern rules and functional significance. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 371-377.

Belaoussoff, S. and J.S. Shore.  1995. Mating system variation, floral determinants and fitness consequences for populations of Turnera ulmifolia L. (Turneraceae). Evolution 49: 545-556.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Pollination by animals and angiosperm biosystematics. In: W.F. Grant (Ed.). Plant Biosystematics. Academic Press, Toronto, etc. pp. 271-292.

Kevan, P.G., W.G. Chaloner and D.B.O. Savile.  1984. Interrelationships of early terrestrial arthropods and plants. In: T.N. Taylor and E.L. Smoot Paleobotany, Part I Precambrian through Permian. Hutchinson Ross Benchmark Book, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., Scientific and Academic Editions, New York, etc. Paper 22. pp. 218-222. (reprint in part of Kevan et al. 1975).

Kevan, P.G., W.G. Chaloner and D.B.O. Savile.  1975. Inter-relationships of Early Terrestrial Arthropods and Plants. Palaeontology 18(2): 391-417.

 

 

 

Floral Features Publications

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Kevan, P.G., L. Chittka and A.G. Dyer.  2001.  Limits to the Salience of ultraviolet: lessons from colour vision in bees and birds.  The Journal of Experimental Biology  204: 2571-2580.

 

Ne’eman, G. and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  The effect of shape parameters on maximal detection distance of model targets by honeybee workers.  Journal of Comparative Physiology  187: 653-660.

 

Kevan, P.G.  1999.  A blooming renaissance.  Nature  402.

 

Kevan, P.G.  1999.  Book review “The Rose’s Kiss: A Natural History of Flowers” by Peter Bernhardt.  Island Press.  Nature (London) 402: 460-461.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1999.  Insects on flowers.  In Ecological Entomology, 2nd Ed (CB Huffaker and AP Gutierrez, Eds.), Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.  Pgs 553-584.

 

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1997.  Flower size and shape: implications in pollination.  Israel Journal of Plant Science 45: 201-212.

 

Dafni, A., M. Lehrer and P.G. Kevan.  1997.  Spatial flower parameters and insect spatial vision.  Biological Research  72: 239-282.

 

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1996. Floral symmetry and nectar guides: ontogenetic constraints from floral development, colour pattern rules and functional significance. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 371-377.

Dickinson, T.A., S. Belaoussoff, R.M. Love, and M. Muniyamma.  1996. North American Black-fruited Hawthorns. I. Variation in floral construction, breeding system correlates, and their possible evolutionary significance in Crataegus sect. douglasii Loudon. Folia Geobotanica Phytotax. 31: 355-371.

Kevan, P.G., M. Giurfa and L. Chittka.  1996. Why are there so many and so few white flowers? Trends Plant Science 1: 280-284.

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: flower-specific specializations. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 236-241.

Willis, D.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging dynamics of Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) on pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) in southern Ontario. Canadian Entomologist 127: 167-175.

Kemp, J.R., P.G. Kevan and U. Posluszny.  1993. Morphological differences and changes of the gynoecium in short-lived flowers of Rosa setigera (Michaux) and their relationship to dioecy. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 550-556.

Kemp, J.R., U. Posluszny, J.M. Gerrath and P.G. Kevan.  1993. Floral development in Rosa setigera. Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 74-86.

Kevan, P.G., H. Lee and R.W. Shuel.  1992. Why honey from canola granulates: sugar ratios in nectar and glucose to water ratios in honey. Canadian Beekeeping 17: 35-38.

Di-Giovanni, F. and P.G. Kevan.  1991. Factors affecting pollen dynamics and its importance to pollen contamination: a review. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 21: 1155-1170.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Texture sensitivity in the life of honeybees. In: R. Menzel and A. Mercer (Eds.). Neurobiology and Behavior of Honeybees. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo. pp. 96-101.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1986. Bees can distinguish plant species by microscopic textural features on petals. Honeybee Science 7(4): 145-150.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1986. Floral petal microtexture is a tactile cue for bees (reprinted from Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.). Canadian Beekeeping 13(3): 62-63.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1985. Flower petal microtexture is a tactile cue for bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 82: 4750-4752.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Floral colors through the insect eye: what they are and what they mean. Ch. 1 of Handbook of Experimental Pollination Biology (Ed. C.E. Jones and R.J. Little). Scientific and Academic Editions, New York. pp. 3-30.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1980. Scent and color polymorphisms and pollination ecology in Polemonium viscosum Nutt. American Midland Naturalist 104: 281-289.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. Vegetation and floral colors revealed by ultraviolet light: interpretational difficulties for functional significance. American Journal of Botany 66: 749-751.

Kevan, P.G.  1978. Floral coloration, its colorimetric analysis and significance in Anthecology. In: A.J. Richards (Ed.) Pollination of Flowers by Insects. Linnean Society Symposium Series No. 6. Academic Press, London. pp. 51-78.

Mulligan, G.A. and P.G. Kevan.  1973. Colour, brightness, and other floral characteristics attracting pollinating insects to Canadian weeds. Canadian Journal of Botany 51: 1939-1952.

 

 

 

Foraging Publications

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Kevan, P.G. and C.F. Greco.  2001.  Contrasting patch choice behaviour by immature ambush predators, a spider (Misumena vatia) and an insect (Phymata americana).  Ecological Entomology  26: 1-6.

 

Kevan, P.G. and M. Robinson.  2001.  Secrets of the hoary squash bee uncovered.  Fruit and Vegetable Magazine 57(1): 42-43.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Polyethism in foraging in a polymorphic predator, Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae): a case for balance.  The Canadian Entomologist  131: 259-268.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1999.  Insects on flowers.  In Ecological Entomology, 2nd Ed (CB Huffaker and AP Gutierrez, Eds.), Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.  Pgs 553-584.

 

Greco, C.F., D. Holland and P.G. Kevan.  1996. Foraging behaviour of honey bees (Apis mellifera) on staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta): differences and dioecy. Canadian Entomologist 128: 355-366.

 

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: flower-specific specializations. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 236-241.

Willis, D.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging dynamics of Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) on pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) in southern Ontario. Canadian Entomologist 127: 167-175.

Greco, C.F., P. Weeks and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Patch choice in ambush predators: Plant height selection by Misumena vatia (Araneae: Thomisidae) and Phymata americana (Heteroptera: Phymatidae). Ecoscience 2: 203-205.

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Patch choice in the anthophilous ambush predator Phymata americana: improvement by switching hunting sites as part of an initial choice. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 1912-1917.

Greco, C.F., P. Banks and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging behaviour of honey bees (Apis mellifera) on asparagus (Asparagus officinalis). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 126: 37-43.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Bee botany: Pollination, foraging and floral calendars. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 113-116.

Kevan, P.G., R.W.K. Punchihewa and C.F. Greco.  1995. Foraging range of Apis cerana and its implications for honey production and apiary management. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 223-228.

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. An hypothesis on complementary amino acids in nectar. Evolutionary Theory 10: 259-260.

Greco, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Contrasting patch choosing by anthophilous ambush predators: vegetation and floral cues for decisions by a crab spider (Misumena vatia) and males and females of an ambush bug (Phymata americana). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1583-1588.

Kevan, P.G.  1992. Skunk cabbage: An early source of pollen. Canadian Beekeeping 16: 221-222.

Eisikowitch, D., P.G. Kevan and M.A. LaChance.  1990. The nectar inhabiting yeasts, and their effect on pollen germination in common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Israel Journal of Botany 39: 217-225.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1990. Cryptic dioecy and insect pollination in Rosa setigera Michx. (Rosaceae), a rare plant of Carolinian Canada. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 40: 229-243.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. How large bees, Bombus and Xylocopa (Apoidea: Hynmenoptera) forage on trees. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 2: 233-242.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. How honey bees forage for pollen at skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.) (Araceae). Apidologie 20: 485-490.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Yellow Rain. Sunday Times (Simcoe) 1(11): 6.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, S. Fowle and K. Thomas.  1988. Yeast contaminated nectar and its effects on bee foraging. Journal of Apicultural Research 27: 26-29.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Bee botany: pollination, foraging and floral calendars. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/6 March 1984. 4 pp. and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 51-55.

Kevan, P.G., S.D. St. Helens and I. Baker.  1983. Hummingbirds feeding from exudates on diseases scrub oak. Condor 85: 251-252.

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1983. Insects as flower visitors and pollinators. Annual Review of Entomology 28: 407-453.

Kevan, P.G., S.D. St. Helens and I. Baker.  1983. Honeybees feeding from honeydew exudate of diseased Gambel's oak in Colorado. Journal of Apicultural Research 22: 53-56.

Kevan, P.G.  1978. Anthophilous springtails (Collembola) from the Alaskan North Slope, from Signy Island, Antarctica, and from near Ottawa, Ontario. Revue d'Ecologie et Biologie du Sol 15: 373-378.

Kevan, P.G.  1973. Parasitoid Wasps as Flower-Visitors in the Canadian High Arctic. Anzieger für Schadlingskunde und Pflanzenschutz 46: 3-8.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Collembola on Flowers on Banks Island, N.W.T. Quaestiones entomologicae 8: 121.

Kevan, P.G. and J.A. Parmelee.  1972. Insect-Flower Fungus Relationships for the Transmission of Smut, Ustilago violacea by Flower-Visiting Insects in the High Arctic. Greenhouse, Garden, Grass 11: 6-13.

Kevan, P.G. and D.K. McE. Kevan.  1970. Collembola as Pollen Feeders and Flower Visitors with Observations from the High Arctic. Quaestiones entomologicae 6: 311-326.

 

 

 

General Ecology Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Species focus:  Common Hop Tree.  Ontario Arborist.  May, 2002.  p. 4.

 

Kevan, P.G. and C.F. Greco.  2001.  Contrasting patch choice behaviour by immature ambush predators, a spider (Misumena vatia) and an insect (Phymata americana).  Ecological Entomology  26: 1-6.

 

Tam, L., A.M. Derry, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  2001.  Functional diversity and community structure of microorganisms in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere Canadian arctic soils.  Biodiversity and Conservation  10: 1933-1947.

 

Derry, A.M., P.G. Kevan and S.D.M. Rowley.  1999.  Soil nutrients and vegetation characteristics of a Dorset/Thule site in the Canadian Arctic.  Arctic  52(2): 204-213.

 

Derry, A.M., W.J. Staddon, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  1999.  Functional diversity of microorganisms in three Arctic soils as determined by sole-carbon-utilization.  Biodiversity and Conservation  8(2): 205-221.

 

Greco, C.F. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Polyethism in foraging in a polymorphic predator, Enoplognatha ovata (Araneae: Theridiidae): a case for balance.  The Canadian Entomologist  131: 259-268.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Belaousoff, S., Guenther, D.S., Kevan, P.G., Murphy, S., and C. Swanton.  1998.  Do tillage regimes and crop types influence terrestrial isopod diversity? (With a practical key to identification of species in northeastern North America).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 39-45.

 

Belaoussoff, S. and P.G. Kevan.  1998. Toward and ecological approach for the assessment of ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health 4:4-8.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1998.  Insects on Flowers: Pollination and Floral Visitation.  pp. 407-637.  pp. 553-584.  In:  C.B. Huffaker and A.P. Gutierrez (eds.), Ecological Entomology (2nd Edition), Wiley, N.Y.).

 

Kevan, P., C. Greco and S. Belaoussoff.  1997. Log-normality of diversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators in blueberry heaths. Journal of Applied Ecology 34:1122-1136.

Kevan, P.G., V.G. Thomas and S. Belaoussoff.  1997. AgrECOLture: defining the ecology in agriculture. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 9: 109-129.

Belaoussoff, S.  1993. Birds nesting in Rockall. British Birds 86: 16.

Belaoussoff, S.  1993. Northern Gannet and Common Guillemot nesting on Rockall. British Birds 86:321.

Kevan, P.G., M. Giurfa & L. Chittka.  1996. Why are there so many and so few white flowers? Trends Plant Science 1: 280-284.

Kevan, P.G. and R.C. Plowright.  1995. Impact of pesticides on forest pollination. pp. 607-618. In: Armstrong, J.A. and W.G.H. Ives (Editors). Forest Insect Pests in Canada. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Conservation and management of pollinators: an issue in sustainable global productivity. pp. 281-288. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Thomas, V.G. and P.G. Kevan.  1993. Ecological principles in sustainable agriculture. Journal of Agricultural Environmental Ethics 1993: 1-9.

Ambrose, J.D. and P.G. Kevan.  1990. Reproductive biology of rare Carolinian plants with regard to conservation management. In: G.M. Allen, G.F.J. Eagles and S.D. Price (Eds.). Conserving Carolinian Canada: Conservation Biology in the Deciduous Forest Region. University of Waterloo Press. pp. 281-290.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Thermoregulation in arctic insects and flowers: Adaptation had co-adaptation in behaviour, anatomy, and physiology. In: J.B. Mercer (Ed.). Thermal Physiology 1989. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Thermal Physiology, Tromsø, Norway, 16-21 July 1989. Excerpta Medica, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. The Netherlands. pp. 747-754.

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1984. Insects on flowers: pollination and floral visitations. In: C.B. Huffaker and R.C. Rabb (Eds.). Insect Ecology. J. Wiley, New York. Ch. 21. pp. 607-631.

Fuller, W.A. and P.G. Kevan (Editors).  1970. Proceedings of the Conference on Productivity and Conservation in Northern Circumpolar Lands, Edmonton, Alberta. 15-17 October, 1969. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland. Publication in the New Series No. 16. 344 pp.

Kevan, P.G. (Editor).  1970. Insect Life in Arctic Lands. Boreal Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton. (Translation by S. Nimmo of Insektlifvet i Arktiska Lander by C. Aurivillius, 1883 in A.E. Nordenskiold (Editor) Studier och forskningas foranledda af mina resor i hoga norden. F. & B. Biejer Forlag, Stockholm. pp. 403-409.

 

 

 

General Ideas

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Kevan, P.G. and T.P. Phillips.  2001.  The economic impacts of pollinator declines: an approach to assessing the consequences.  Conservation Ecology  5(1): 8 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art8

 

Kevan, P.G. and J.T. Trevors.  2001.  Formula thinking, formula science and kits.  Journal of Microbiological Methods  46: 85-86.

 

Trevors, J.T. and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Literature citations in the present information/knowledge age.  Water, Air, and Soil Pollution  128: v-vii.

 

Kevan, P.G. and C. Vergara.  2000.  Pollination biology as an interdisciplinary educational opportunity.  VI International Conference on Apiculture and Bees in Tropical Climates (Costa Rica, August, 1996).  pp. 60-64.

 

 

 

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Biological Control Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G., J.C. Sutton, L. Tam, M. Al-Mazra’awi, G. Boland, B. Broadbent, S.V. Thomson and G.J. Brewer.  2001.  Bees as vecors for biological control agents.  Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference on Tropical Bees: Management and Diversity, Thailand.  Pgs 303-306.

 

Nasr, M. and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  IPM for diseases and parasites in honey bees.  Pest Management News 10(4): 3.

 

 

 

Pesticides Publications

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Kevan, S.D., M.E. Nasr and P.G. Kevan.  1999.  Feeding menthol to honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): entry and persistence in haemolymph without causing mortality.  The Canadian Entomologist 131: 279-281.

 

Kevan, P.G., C.F. Greco and S. Belaoussoff.  1997.  Log-normality of biodiversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators on blueberry heaths.  Journal of Applied Ecology  34: 1122-1136.

 

Kevan, P.G. and R.C. Plowright.  1995. Impact of pesticides on forest pollination. pp. 607-618. In: Armstrong, J.A. and W.G.H. Ives (Editors). Forest Insect Pests in Canada. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.

Kevan, P.G. and R.C. Plowright.  1989. Fenitrothion and insect pollinators. In: W.R. Ernst, P.A. Pearce, and T.L. Pollock (Eds.). Environmental Effects of Fenitrothion Use in Forestry: Impacts on Insect Pollinators, Songbirds, and Aquatic organisms. Environment Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. pp. 13-42.

Kevan, P.G. and B.W. Rathwell.  1988. Pesticides, honey bees and pollination. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(2): 15-18.

Kevan, P.G.  1987. Pesticides and Bees: A legal case from England with relevance to Canada. Canadian Beekeeping 13(9): 208.

Kevan, P.G., G.W. Otis and R.H. Coffin.  1986. Is Sevin XLR less hazardous for honeybees than other Sevin Formulations? Experiments on blooming canola in Ontario. Canadian Beekeeping 12: 225-226.

Kevan, P.G., G.W. Otis, R.H. Coffin, M.F. Whitford and L.A. Elder.  1984(1985). Hazards of Carbaryl Formulations to caged Honeybees foraging on flowering canola (Brassica napus) in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 115: 49-54.

Ganders, F., P.G. Kevan, C. Plowright and R. Shuel.  1981. The effects of pollination reduction on plants. In: Pesticide-Pollination Interactors. National Research Council of Canada. Publ. No. 18471 (Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality). pp. 119-142.

Kevan, P.G., R.C. Plowright and G. Wood.  1981. Effects of forest spraying on native bee populations. In: Pesticide-Pollinator Interactions. National Research Council of Canada Publ. No. 18471 (Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality). pp. 114-118.

Kevan, P.G. and E.B. Oppermann.  1980. Blueberry production in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Maine - Reply to Wood, et al. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 28: 81-84.

Kevan, P.G. and W.E. LaBerge.  1979. Demise and recovery of native pollinator populations through pesticide use and some economic implications. In: D.M. Caron (Ed.). Proceedings IV International Symposium on Pollination (Maryland Agricultural Experimental Station Special Miscellaneous Publication) No. 1. pp. 489-508.

Miller, D. and P.G. Kevan.  1979. Insecticides and non-target arthropods on Artemisia filifolia (Compositae). Southwestern Naturalist 24: 439-446.

Kevan, P.G.  1977. Blueberry Crops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - Pesticides and Crop Reductions. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 25: 61-64.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Forest application of the insecticide Fenitrothion and its effect on wild bee pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Biological Conservation 7: 301-309.

Kevan, P.G.  1974. Pollination, pesticides and environmental quality. BioScience 24: 198-199.

 

 

 

Plant Pathology Publications

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Peng, G., J.C. Sutton and P.G. Kevan.  1992. Effectiveness of honey bees for applying the biocontrol agent Gliocladium roseum to strawberry flowers to suppress Botrytis cinerea. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 14(2): 117-129.

Eisikowitch, D., P.G. Kevan and M.A. LaChance.  1990. The nectar inhabiting yeasts, and their effect on pollen germination in common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Israel Journal of Botany 39: 217-225.

Eisikowitch, D., M.A. Lachance, P.G. Kevan, S. Willis and D.L. Collins-Thompson.  1990. The effect of the natural assemblage of microorganisms and selected strains of the yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii in controlling the germination of pollen of the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1163-1165.

Kevan, P.G., D.L. Collins-Thompson, D. Eisikowitch and M.A. Lachance.  1989. Milkweeds, pollinators and yeasts: a system for potential biocontrol of milkweed seed production. Highlights of Agricultural Research in Ontario 12(3): 21-24.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, S. Fowle and K. Thomas.  1988. Yeast contaminated nectar and its effects on bee foraging. Journal of Apicultural Research 27: 26-29.

Kevan, P.G. and J.A. Parmelee.  1972. Insect-Flower Fungus Relationships for the Transmission of Smut, Ustilago violacea by Flower-Visiting Insects in the High Arctic. Greenhouse, Garden, Grass 11: 6-13.

 

 

 

Plant Reproductive Systems Publications

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Kron, P., B.C. Husband and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Across- and along-row pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards: insights from allozyme markers.  Journal of Horticulture Science and Biotechnology  76(3): 286-294.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband, P.G. Kevan and S. Belaoussoff.  2001.  Factor affecting pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards.  Hort Science  36(6): 1039-1046.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Kevan, P.G. and B. Husband.  2000.  Sustaining pollination: Agriculture and beekeeping.  Report to Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/orep/kevan_19_rep.htm

 

Kevan, P.G.  1999.  Book review “The Rose’s Kiss: A Natural History of Flowers” by Peter Bernhardt.  Island Press.  Nature (London) 402: 460-461.

 

Kevan, P.G.  1997.  Pollination biology and plant breeding systems.  pp. 59-84.  In:  K.R. Shivanna and V.K. Sawhney (eds.), Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.).

 

Greco, C.F., D. Holland and P.G. Kevan.  1996. Foraging behaviour of honey bees (Apis mellifera) on staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta): differences and dioecy. Canadian Entomologist 128: 355-366.

Eisikowitch, D., M.A. Lachance, P.G. Kevan, S. Willis and D.L. Collins-Thompson.  1990. The effect of the natural assemblage of microorganisms and selected strains of the yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii in controlling the germination of pollen of the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1163-1165.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1990. Cryptic dioecy and insect pollination in Rosa setigera Michx. (Rosaceae), a rare plant of Carolinian Canada. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 40: 229-243.

Ambrose, J.D. and P.G. Kevan.  1990. Reproductive biology of rare Carolinian plants with regard to conservation management. In: G.M. Allen, G.F.J. Eagles and S.D. Price (Eds.). Conserving Carolinian Canada: Conservation Biology in the Deciduous Forest Region. University of Waterloo Press. pp. 281-290.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch and B. Rathwell.  1989. The role of nectar in the germination of pollen in Asclepias syriaca L. Botanical Gazette 150: 266-270.

Kevan, P.G., D.C.A. Blades, U. Posluszny and J.D. Ambrose.  1988. Pollen dimorphism and dioecy in Vitis aestivalis. Vitis 27: 143-146.

Eisikowitch, D., P.G. Kevan, S. Fowle and K. Thomas.  1987. The significance of pollen longevity in Asclepias syriaca L. under natural conditions. Pollen et Spores 29(1): 121-128.

Lack, A.J. and P.G. Kevan.  1987. The reproductive biology of a distylous tree, Sarcotheca celebica (Oxalidaceae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 1-8.

Kevan, P.G. and B.H. Gaskell.  1986. The awkward seeds of Gonystylus macrophyllus (Thymelaeaceae) and their dispersal by the bat, Rousettus celebensis, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biotropica 18: 76-78.

Kevan, P.G. and A.J. Lack.  1985. Pollination in a cryptically dioecious plant, Decaspermum parviflorum (Lam.) A.J. Scortt (Myrtaceae) by pollen collecting bees. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 25: 319-330.

Kevan, P.G., R.W. Longair and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Dioecy and pollen dimorphism in Vitis riparia Michx. (Vitaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 2263-2267.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. The spectral efficiency of phototaxis for some high Arctic Diptera. Arctic and Alpine Research 11: 349-352.

Kevan, P.G.  1978. Anthophilous springtails (Collembola) from the Alaskan North Slope, from Signy Island, Antarctica, and from near Ottawa, Ontario. Revue d'Ecologie et Biologie du Sol 15: 373-378.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Heliotropism in some Arctic Flowers. Canadian Field-Naturalist 86: 41-44.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Collembola on Flowers on Banks Island, N.W.T. Quaestiones entomologicae 8: 121.

Kevan, P.G. and D.K. McE. Kevan.  1970. Collembola as Pollen Feeders and Flower Visitors with Observations from the High Arctic. Quaestiones entomologicae 6: 311-326.

 

 

 

Pollination Publications

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Kevan, P.G.  (In Press).  Pollination for the 21st Century: integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies.  In:  K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future?, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of Sno Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Richards, K.W. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Status of Pollination in Canada.  (In Press). In:  Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of São Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2002.  Flowers, pollination, and the associated diversity of flies.  In: J.H. Skevington and P.T. Dang (eds), Exploring the Biological and Ecological Diversity of Flies (Diptera).  Biodiversity 3(4): 16-18.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband, P.G. Kevan and S. Belaoussoff.  2001.  Factor affecting pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards.  Hort Science  36(6): 1039-1046.

 

Larson, B.M.H., P.G. Kevan and D.W. Inouye.  2001.  Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 439-465.

 

Kron, P., B.C. Husband and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Across- and along-row pollen dispersal in high-density apple orchards: insights from allozyme markers.  Journal of Horticulture Science and Biotechnology  76(3): 286-294.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and pollination levels in commercial tomato greenhouses.  Journal of Economic Entomology  94(2): 462-467.

 

Kevan, P.G. and T.P. Phillips.  2001.  The economic impacts of pollinator declines: an approach to assessing the consequences.  Conservation Ecology  5(1): 8 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art8

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollination:  Plinth, pedestal, and pillar for terrestrial productivity.  The why, how, and where of pollination protection, conservation, and promotion. pp. 7-68.  In:  C.S. Stubbs and F.A. Drummond (eds.), Bees and Crop Pollination - Crisis, Crossroads, Conservation, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G. and M. Robinson.  2001.  Secrets of the hoary squash bee uncovered.  Fruit and Vegetable Magazine 57(1): 42-43.

 

Morandin, L., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan.  2001.  Effect of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination intensity on the quality of greenhouse tomatoes.  Journal of Economic Entomology 94(1): 172-179.

 

Morandin, L.A., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khosla and L. Shipp.  2001.  Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses.  The Canadian Entomologist  133: 883-893.

 

Kevan, P.G..  2000.  Specifics to holism in new approaches to pollinator conservation.  National Conference on Pollination Ecology and its Contribution to Conservation of Biodiversity, New Delhi.

 

Kevan, P.G. and B. Husband.  2000.  Sustaining pollination: Agriculture and beekeeping.  Report to Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/orep/kevan_19_rep.htm

 

Roussey, A. and P.G. Kevan.  2000.  How accessible are receptive megastrobili to pollen?  The example of jack pine (Pinus banksiana).  American Journal of Botany  87(2): 215-220.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  A blooming renaissance.  Nature  402.

 

Kevan, P.G..  1999.  Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment  74: 373-393.

 

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1998.  Insects on Flowers: Pollination and Floral Visitation.  pp. 407-637.  pp. 553-584.  In:  C.B. Huffaker and A.P. Gutierrez (eds.), Ecological Entomology (2nd Edition), Wiley, N.Y.).

 

Nasr, M.E.  1998. Mite resistant honey bee stock in Ontario. The Hive Lights.

Nasr, M.E.  1998. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1997 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Kevan, P.G.  1997.  Pollination biology and plant breeding systems.  pp. 59-84.  In:  K.R. Shivanna and V.K. Sawhney (eds.), Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.).

 

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1997.  Flower size and shape: implications in pollination.  Isreal Journal of Plant Science 45: 201-212.

 

McRory, D. and M.E. Nasr.  1997. 1997 recomendation to control honey bee diseases and parasites in Ontario. The Sting. 16.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis, and C.D. Scott-Dupree.  (Accepted, 1997). Divergent selection for tracheal mite resistance in honey bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae). J. Econ. Entomol.

Nasr, M.E.  1997. Mite resistant bees in Ontario. Canadian Beekeeping. J.

Nasr, M.E.  1997. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1996 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1996. Floral symmetry and nectar guides: ontogenetic constraints from floral development, colour pattern rules and functional significance. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 371-377.

Kevan, P.G., M. Giurfa and L. Chittka.  1996. Why are there so many and so few white flowers? Trends Plant Science 1: 280-284.

Nasr, M.E., McRory, D. and A. Skinner.  1996. Single treatment for controlling honey bee parasitic mites with formic acid. Entomological Society of America, Louisville, KY.

Nasr, M.E.  1996. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1995 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Greco, C.F., P. Banks and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Foraging behaviour of honey bees (Apis mellifera) on asparagus (Asparagus officinalis). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 126: 37-43.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Sample pollination contracts. pp. 183-193 (Appendix II). In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Conserving pollinators for agriculture, forestry, and nature. pp. 16-19. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Plant breeding systems and pollination. pp. 130-134. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Pollinator behaviour and plant phenology. pp. 136-141. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Applied pollination in Asia. pp. 50-56. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and M.B. Wahid.  1995. Oil palm pollination with weevils. p. 149. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Mbaya, J.K.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Applied pollination in Africa. pp. 57-62. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1995. Honey bee drones' susceptibility to tracheal mite infestation and their role in breeding tracheal mite-resistant bees. Entomological Society of America, Baltimore, MD.

Nasr, M.E., D. McRory and A. Skinner.  1995. Evaluation of honey bee resistant to mites to tolerance to tracheal mites under field conditions. Entomological Society of America, Las Vegas, NV.

Nasr, M.E. and D. McRory.  1995. Honey bee characteristics of economic importance to Ontario beekeepers in Canada. Am. Bee J. 135: 423-425.

Nasr, M.E.  1995. Tech-Transfer of breeding bees resistant to tracheal mites. 1994 Annual report. Ontario Beekeepers' Association.

Nasr, M.E., and G. McRory.  1995. Tech-transfer of mite resistant bees to Ontario beekeepers. The Sting 13.

Page Jr, R.E., G.E. Robinson, M.K. Fondrk and M.E. Nasr.  1995. Effects of worker genotypic diversity on honey bee colony development and behavior (Apis mellifera L.). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 36: 387-396.

Dafni, A. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. An hypothesis on complementary amino acids in nectar. Evolutionary Theory 10: 259-260.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and M.E. Nasr.  1994. Settling velocity of some pollen grains and spores and their variability. Grana.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and M.E. Nasr.  1994. Settling velocity of some pollen grains and spores and their variability. Grana. 34: 39-44.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Conservation and management of pollinators: an issue in sustainable global productivity. pp. 281-288. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Insects as pollinators of vegetable crops. pp. 9-10. In: Howard, R.J., J.A. Garland and W.L. Seaman. (Eds.). Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada. Entomological Society of Canada and Canadian Phytopathological Society, Ottawa. 554 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Pollination in modern agriculture: changing practices; new and hybrid crops. pp. 398-409. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT. pp. 398-409.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Wind or insects: Pollination of Coconut (Cocos nucifera) in the Maldive Islands. ibid. pp. 372-377. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Nasr, M.E. and G. Grant.  1994. Integrated pest management for mite infestations in honey bee colonies. Ontario Apicultural News-Letter. pp 2.

Nasr, M.E.  1994. Augmentation of tracheal mite resistant stocks in honey producers' operations and selection of good breeder queens. The Sting 12: 15-17.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1994. Breeding for tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) resistance in honey bees. Proceeding of Apimondia, XXVI International Beekeeping Congress meeting, Beijing, China.

Kemp, J.R., P.G. Kevan and U. Posluszny.  1993. Morphological differences and changes of the gynoecium in short-lived flowers of Rosa setigera (Michaux) and their relationship to dioecy. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 550-556.

Kemp, J.R., U. Posluszny, J.M. Gerrath and P.G. Kevan.  1993. Floral development in Rosa setigera. Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 74-86.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Tikhmenev and M. Usui.  1993. Insects and plants in the pollination ecology of the boreal zone. Ecological Research 8: 247-267.

Liu, T.P., and M.E. Nasr.  1993. Preventive treatment of tracheal mites, Acarpis woodi (Rennie) with vegetable oil extender patties in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. Am. Bee J. 133: 873-875.

Dawicki, B., G.W. Otis, C. Scott-Dupree and M.E. Nasr.  1992. Host preference of the honey bee tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi (Rennie)). Exp. Appl. Acarol. 15: 83-89.

Lin, H., G.W. Otis, M.E. Nasr and C.D. Scott-Dupree.  1992. Comparative tracheal mite resistance of Canadian and Buckfast bees. Am. Bee J. 132: 810.

Liu, T.P., and M.E. Nasr.  1992. Effects of formic acid treatment on the infection of tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi (Rennie), in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L. Am. Bee J. 132: 666-668.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1992. Potential uses of Canadian honey bees in breeding for resistance to tracheal mites. Am. Bee J. 132: 812.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree. 1992. Screening Ontario honey bee stocks for tracheal mite resistance. Hivelights. 7: 10-11.

Scott-Dupree, C.D., G.W. Otis and M.E. Nasr.  1992. Building a better bee. Highlights of Agriculture and Food Research in Ontario. 15: 2-7.

Kevan, P.G.  1991. Pollination: keystone process in sustainable global productivity. Acta Horticulturae 288: 103-110.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas.  1991. Pollination: A crucial link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the First Conference on Agroforestry in North America. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. pp. 242-248.

Kevan, P.G., J.D. Ambrose and J.R. Kemp.  1991. Pollination in an understory vine, Smilax rotundifolia a threatened plant of the Carolinian forests in Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany 69: 2555-2559.

Nasr, M.E., D. McRory, G.W. Otis and T.P. Liu.  1991. Evaluation of using formic acid, tobacco smoke, and fluvalinate strips in detecting varroa mites. Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV.

Ambrose, J.D. and P.G. Kevan.  1990. Reproductive biology of rare Carolinian plants with regard to conservation management. In: G.M. Allen, G.F.J. Eagles and S.D. Price (Eds.). Conserving Carolinian Canada: Conservation Biology in the Deciduous Forest Region. University of Waterloo Press. pp. 281-290.

Eisikowitch, D., P.G. Kevan and M.A. LaChance.  1990. The nectar inhabiting yeasts, and their effect on pollen germination in common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Israel Journal of Botany 39: 217-225.

Eisikowitch, D., M.A. Lachance, P.G. Kevan, S. Willis and D.L. Collins-Thompson.  1990. The effect of the natural assemblage of microorganisms and selected strains of the yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii in controlling the germination of pollen of the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1163-1165.

Gary, N.E., R.E. Page, R.A. Morse, C.E. Henderson, M.E. Nasr and K. Lorenzen.  1990. Comparative resistance of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from Great Britain and United States to infestation by tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi). Am. Bee. J. 130: 667-669.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. Sexual differences in temperatures of blossoms on a dioecious plant, Salix arctica (Salicaceae): significance for life in the Arctic. Arctic and Alpine Research 22: 283-289.

Kevan, P.G. and D. Eisikowitch.  1990. Self- and cross-pollination in canola (Brassica napus L. var. O.A.C. Triton) and its implication on seed germination. Euphytica 45: 39-41.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V. Thomas.  1990. Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5: 13-22.

Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas.  1990. Pollination: A crucial ecological and mutualistic link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 121: 43-48.

Nasr, M.E., R.W. Thorp, T.L. Tyler and D.L. Briggs.  1990. A simple rapid method for estimating honey bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colony strength by measuring cluster size. J. Econ. Entomol. 83: 748-753.

Nasr, M.E., G.W. Otis and C. Scott-Dupree.  1990. Breeding honey bees resistant to tracheal mites. Bee Science. 2: 122-123.

Peng, Y.S., S.J. Locke, M.E. Nasr, T.P. Liu and M.A. Montague.  1990. Differential staining for living and dead sperm of honey bees. Physiol. Entomol. 15: 211-217.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Crop pollination at the cross-roads. Canadian Beekeeping 14(10): 228-229 and cover.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Crop pollination at the cross-roads: I. The immediate problems. Canadian Fruitgrower 45: 4-5, 38

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Crop pollination at the cross-roads: II. Pollination and pollinator requirements for Canadian crop plants (current status of understanding). Canadian Beekeeping 15: 12-16.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. How honey bees forage for pollen at skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.) (Araceae). Apidologie 20: 485-490.

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Recent Canadian progress on the biology, management and protection of native pollinators: ca. 1983-1988 and commodity-oriented pollination. In: National Workshop on Bee and Pollination Research, Winnipeg, April 4-5, 1989. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. pp. 63-72 and pp. 168-171.

Kevan, P.G. and R.C. Plowright.  1989. Fenitrothion and insect pollinators. In: W.R. Ernst, P.A. Pearce, and T.L. Pollock (Eds.). Environmental Effects of Fenitrothion Use in Forestry: Impacts on Insect Pollinators, Songbirds, and Aquatic organisms. Environment Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. pp. 13-42.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch and B. Rathwell.  1989. The role of nectar in the germination of pollen in Asclepias syriaca L. Botanical Gazette 150: 266-270.

McFarland, J.D., P.G. Kevan and M.A. Lane.  1989. Pollination biology of Opuntia imbricata (Cactaceae) in southern Colorado. Canadian Journal of Botany 67: 24-28.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, M.E. Nasr, E. Guzman, J. Leong, T. Tyler, K. White, K. Yashuda, E. Mussen and G. DeGrandi-Hoffman.  1989. 1989 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 89-M14.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Alternate pollinators for Ontario's Crops: Report of the Symposium. Canadian Beekeeping 14(5): 107.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Alternate pollinators for Ontario's Crops. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(2): 27-28.

Kevan, P.G.  1988. Keeping up with pollination concerns and options for the future. Canadian Beekeeping 14(4): 79-80.

Kevan, P.G., N.A. Mohr, M.D. Offer and J.R. Kemp.  1988(1989). The squash and gourd bee, Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae) in Ontario, Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 119: 9-15.

Kevan, P.G. and B.W. Rathwell.  1988. Pesticides, honey bees and pollination. The Sting (Newsletter of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association) 6(2): 15-18.

Kevan, P.G. and V.I. Shattuck.  1988. Bees make parsnip seeds. Canadian Beekeeping 14(6): 139.

Kevan, P.G., D. Eisikowitch, S. Fowle and K. Thomas.  1988. Yeast contaminated nectar and its effects on bee foraging. Journal of Apicultural Research 27: 26-29.

Eisikowitch, D., P.G. Kevan, S. Fowle and K. Thomas.  1987. The significance of pollen longevity in Asclepias syriaca L. under natural conditions. Pollen et Spores 29(1): 121-128.

Kevan, P.G.  1987(1988). Alternative pollinators for Ontario's crops: prefatory remarks to papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Guelph, April 12, 1986. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 118: 109-110.

Nasr, M.E., Y.S. Peng and J. Hedrick.  1988. Isolation, purification and partial chemical characterization of vitellogenin and vitellin from honey bee queens. International Conference of Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites. Columbus, Ohio.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr and S.J. Locke.  1988. Geographical races of Apis cerana Fabricius in China and their distribution. Review of recent Chinese publications and preliminary statistical analysis. Apidologie, 19: 9-20.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, M.E. Nasr, T. Tyler, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, G.M. Loper and D. Eisikowich.  1988. 1988 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond boarc of California, Project No. 88-M13.

Lack, A.J. and P.G. Kevan.  1987. The reproductive biology of a distylous tree, Sarcotheca celebica (Oxalidaceae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 1-8.

Mohr, N.A. and P.G. Kevan.  1987(1988). Pollinators and pollination requirements of lowbush blueberry, (Vaccinium aungustifolium Ait. and V. myrtilloides Michx.) and cranberry (V. macrocarpon with notes on highbush blueberry (V. corymbosum L.) and lignonberry (V. vitis - ideae L.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 118: 149-154.

Osborn, M.M., P.G. Kevan and M.A. Lane.  1987. Pollination biology of Opuntia polyacantha and Opuntia phaeacantha (Cactaceae) in southern Colorado. Plant Systematics and Evolution 159: 85-94.

Peng, Y.S., D.M Gordon, M.E. Nasr and L.R. Teuber.  1987. Pollen variation in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars. Pollen et Spores 29: 45-58.

Peng, Y.S., Y. Fang, S. Xu, L. Ge and M.E. Nasr.  1987. The response of the foster Asian honey bee (Apis cerana Fabr.) to the brood of European honey bee (Apis mellifera Linn.) infested with parasitic mite, Oudemans. J. Invert. Pathol. 49: 259-264.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, P. Torchio, A. Phoon, T. Tyler, M.E. Nasr, D. Black, J. King, D. Gordon and N. Rodrigues.  1987a. 1987 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 87-M11.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, D. James, D. Gordon, J. King, M.E. Nasr, T. Tyler and N. Rodrigues.  1987b. 1987 Annual report on Kiwifruit pollination. Kiwifruit commission of California.

Gordon, D.M., S.J. Locke, M.E. Nasr, T.L. Tyler and T.C. Webster.  1986. A survey of current beekeeping practices in California: Implication for the Africanized honey bee control. Am. Bee J. 126: 799-803.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1986. Bees can distinguish plant species by microscopic textural features on petals. Honeybee Science 7(4): 145-150.

Kevan, P.G., M.Y. Hussein, N. Hussey and M.B. Wahid.  1986. Modelling the use of Elaeidobius kamerunicus for pollination of oil palm. Planter (Malaysia) 62: 89-99.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr and J.M. Marston.  1986. Release of alfalfa, Medicago sativa, pollen cytoplasm in the gut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 79: 804-807.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, J. Skinner, T. Tyler, M.E. Nasr, P. Tochio and D. Black.  1986a. 1986 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 86-M11.

Thorp, R.W., D.L. Briggs, M.E. Nasr, T. Tyler and N. Rodrigues.  1986b. 1986 Annual report on Kiwifruit pollination. Kiwifruit commission of California.

Kevan, P.G. and A.J. Lack.  1985. Pollination in a cryptically dioecious plant, Decaspermum parviflorum (Lam.) A.J. Scortt (Myrtaceae) by pollen collecting bees. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 25: 319-330.

Kevan, P.G. and M.A. Lane.  1985. Flower petal microtexture is a tactile cue for bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 82: 4750-4752.

Kevan, P.G., R.W. Longair and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Dioecy and pollen dimorphism in Vitis riparia Michx. (Vitaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 2263-2267.

Peng, Y.S. and M.E. Nasr.  1985. Detection of honeybee tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi) by simple staining techniques. J. Invert. Pathol. 46: 325-331.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr, J.M. Marston and Y. Fang.  1985. The digestion of dandelion pollen by adult worker honeybee. Physio. Entomol. 10: 75-82.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Pollination by animals and angiosperm biosystematics. In: W.F. Grant (Ed.). Plant Biosystematics. Academic Press, Toronto, etc. pp. 271-292.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Proceedings of the Second African Palm Oil Processing Workshop, and the Consultation on the Constitution of the African Oil Palm Development Association (AFOPDA). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 267-277.

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1984. Insects on flowers: pollination and floral visitations. In: C.B. Huffaker and R.C. Rabb (Eds.). Insect Ecology. J. Wiley, New York. Ch. 21. pp. 607-631.

Kevan, P.G., W.G. Chaloner and D.B.O. Savile.  1984. Interrelationships of early terrestrial arthropods and plants. In: T.N. Taylor and E.L. Smoot Paleobotany, Part I Precambrian through Permian. Hutchinson Ross Benchmark Book, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., Scientific and Academic Editions, New York, etc. Paper 22. pp. 218-222. (reprint in part of Kevan et al. 1975).

Lack, A.J. and P.G. Kevan.  1984. Studies on the reproductive biology of a canopy tree, Syzygium syzygioides (Myrtaceae), in a rain forest in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biotropica 16: 31-36.

Peng, Y.S., M.E. Nasr, J.M. Marston and Y. Fang.  1984. Digestion of Torula yeast, Canadida utilis, by the adult honeybee, Apis mellifera. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 77: 627-632.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1983. Bumblebee foraging and floral scent dimorphism: Bombus kirbyellus Curtis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Polemonium viscosum Nutt. (Polemoniaceae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 61: 1207-1213.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Floral colors through the insect eye: what they are and what they mean. Ch. 1 of Handbook of Experimental Pollination Biology (Ed. C.E. Jones and R.J. Little). Scientific and Academic Editions, New York. pp. 3-30.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Pollination and pollinator management in oil palm. Second African Palm Oil Processing Workshop. Nifor, Benin City, Nigeria. AG5/POA 11, FAO, Rome. 14 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker.  1983. Insects as flower visitors and pollinators. Annual Review of Entomology 28: 407-453.

Thorp, R.W., G.M. Loper, D.L. Briggs, R. Mitchell, M.E. Nasr, O. Kaftanoglu, T. Parasian, J. Skinner, T. Webester, T. Tyler and J. White.  1983. 1983 Annual report on almond pollination. Almond board of California, Project No. 83-M8.

Kevan, P.G. and R. Bye.  1982. Comb honey production without foundation in Mexico. American Bee Journal 112: 356-357.

Ganders, F., P.G. Kevan, C. Plowright and R. Shuel.  1981. The effects of pollination reduction on plants. In: Pesticide-Pollination Interactors. National Research Council of Canada. Publ. No. 18471 (Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality). pp. 119-142.

Kevan, P.G., R.C. Plowright and G. Wood.  1981. Effects of forest spraying on native bee populations. In: Pesticide-Pollinator Interactions. National Research Council of Canada Publ. No. 18471 (Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality). pp. 114-118.

Galen, C. and P.G. Kevan.  1980. Scent and color polymorphisms and pollination ecology in Polemonium viscosum Nutt. American Midland Naturalist 104: 281-289.

Kevan, P.G. and E.B. Oppermann.  1980. Blueberry production in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Maine - Reply to Wood, et al. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 28: 81-84.

Kevan, P.G.  1979. Vegetation and floral colors revealed by ultraviolet light: interpretational difficulties for functional significance. American Journal of Botany 66: 749-751.

Kevan, P.G.  1976. Fluorescent Nectar. Science (Washington) 194: 341-342.

Kevan, P.G. and W.E. LaBerge.  1979. Demise and recovery of native pollinator populations through pesticide use and some economic implications. In: D.M. Caron (Ed.). Proceedings IV International Symposium on Pollination (Maryland Agricultural Experimental Station Special Miscellaneous Publication) No. 1. pp. 489-508.

Eid, M.A.A., M.M. Ewies and M.E. Nasr.  1978. The weight of the newly emerged honeybee queen as an index of its potential productivity. Bull. Fac. Agric. Cairo University. 39: 91-111.

Eid, M.A.A., M.M. Ewies and M.E. Nasr.  1978. Some physiological changes which occur during the preoviposition period of honeybee queens. Bull. Fac. Agric. Cairo University. 39: 112-132.

Eid, M.A.A., M.M. Ewies and M.E. Nasr.  1978. Biological significance of the weight of newly emerged honeybee queens and weight changes during the previposition period. Bull. Fac. Agric. Cairo University. 39: 137-169.

Kevan, P.G.  1978. Floral coloration, its colorimetric analysis and significance in Anthecology. In: A.J. Richards (Ed.) Pollination of Flowers by Insects. Linnean Society Symposium Series No. 6. Academic Press, London. pp. 51-78.

Kevan, P.G.  1977. Blueberry Crops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - Pesticides and Crop Reductions. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 25: 61-64.

Kevan, P.G.  1976. Fluorescent Nectar. Science (Washington) 194: 341-342.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Forest application of the insecticide Fenitrothion and its effect on wild bee pollinators (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Biological Conservation 7: 301-309.

Kevan, P.G.  1975. Pollination and environmental conservation. Environmental Conservation 2: 222-227.

Kevan, P.G., W.G. Chaloner and D.B.O. Savile.  1975. Inter-relationships of Early Terrestrial Arthropods and Plants. Palaeontology 18(2): 391-417.

Kevan, P.G.  1974. Pollination, pesticides and environmental quality. BioScience 24: 198-199.

Kevan, P.G. and M. Collins.  1974. Bees, Blueberries, Birds, and Budworm. The Osprey (Newfoundland Natural History Society Newsletter) 5: 54-62.

Kevan, P.G.  1973. Flowers, Insects, and Pollination Ecology in the Canadian High Arctic. Polar Record 22: 667-674.

Kevan, P.G., N.D. Grainger, G.A. Mulligan and A.R. Robertson.  1973. A Gray-Scale for Measuring Reflectance and Color in the Insect and Human Visual Spectra. Ecology 54: 924-926.

Mulligan, G.A. and P.G. Kevan.  1973. Colour, brightness, and other floral characteristics attracting pollinating insects to Canadian weeds. Canadian Journal of Botany 51: 1939-1952.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Floral Colours in the High Arctic with Reference to Insect-Flower Relations and Pollination. Canadian Journal of Botany 50: 2289-2316.

Kevan, P.G.  1972. Insect Pollination of High Arctic Flowers. Journal of Ecology 60: 813-847.

Kevan, P.G. and J.A. Parmelee.  1972. Insect-Flower Fungus Relationships for the Transmission of Smut, Ustilago violacea by Flower-Visiting Insects in the High Arctic. Greenhouse, Garden, Grass 11: 6-13.



Soil Publications

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Tam, L., A.M. Derry, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  2001.  Functional diversity and community structure of microorganisms in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere Canadian arctic soils.  Biodiversity and Conservation  10: 1933-1947.

 

Derry, A.M., P.G. Kevan and S.D.M. Rowley.  1999.  Soil nutrients and vegetation characteristics of a Dorset/Thule site in the Canadian Arctic.  Arctic  52(2): 204-213.

 

Derry, A.M., W.J. Staddon, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors.  1999.  Functional diversity of microorganisms in three Arctic soils as determined by sole-carbon-utilization.  Biodiversity and Conservation  8(2): 205-221.

 

 

 

Tropical and Subtropical Publications

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Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of Sno Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Mardan, M. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Critical temperatures for survival of brood and adult workers of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera: Apidae).  Apidologie  33: 295-301.

 

Richards, K.W. and P.G. Kevan.  2002.  Status of Pollination in Canada.  (In Press). In:  Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, G. Frankie, C. O'Toole, C. Vergara and T. Feltz (Editors).  2002.  The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature.  University of São Paulo Press, Brazil and International Bee Research Association, UK.  (In Press).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2001.  Pollination:  Plinth, pedestal, and pillar for terrestrial productivity.  The why, how, and where of pollination protection, conservation, and promotion. pp. 7-68.  In:  C.S. Stubbs and F.A. Drummond (eds.), Bees and Crop Pollination - Crisis, Crossroads, Conservation, (Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, 2001).

 

Kevan, P.G.  2000.  Pollination in some tropical tree crops (coconut, cashew, carambola, and mombin):  Are bees important?  VI International Conference on Apiculture and Bees in Tropical Climates (Costa Rica, August, 1996).  pp. 77-85.

 

Melendez, V., P.G. Kevan, V. Parra-Tabla, M.I. Ramirez, H.C. Harries, B.M. Fernandez and H.N. Torres.  2000.  Pollination and diversity of floral visitors on Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in Yucatan, Mexico.  Seventh International Conference on Tropical Bees:  Management and Diversity and Fifth Asian Apicultural Association Conference, 19-25 March, 2000.  Chiang Mai, Thailand.  p. 295-298.

 

Punchihewa, R.W.K., N. Koeniger and P.G. Kevan.  2000.  Management of swarming in Apis cerana.  In:  M. Matsuka, L.R. Verma, S. Wongsiri, K.K. Shrestha and Uma Partap (Eds.).  Asian Bees and Beekeeping: Progress of Research and Development, Proceedings of VI Asian Apicultural Association International Conference, Kathmandu, March 23-28, 1998 (Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, NY, USA). pp. 114-115.

 

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Sample pollination contracts. pp. 183-193 (Appendix II). In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, D.K., McE. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. A Preliminary record of orthopteroid insects of the Maldive Islands. Journal of Orthoptera Research 4: 223-236.

Kevan, P.G. (Ed.).  1995. The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. 315 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Bee botany: Pollination, foraging and floral calendars. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 113-116.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Conserving pollinators for agriculture, forestry, and nature. pp. 16-19. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Insect pollination of economically important plants of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subrropical Asia. Environquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 129-134.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Integrating science and development to successful apiculture. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 251-256.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Plant breeding systems and pollination. pp. 130-134. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Pollinator behaviour and plant phenology. pp. 136-141. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1995. Applied pollination in Asia. pp. 50-56. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and M.B. Wahid.  1995. Oil palm pollination with weevils. p. 149. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Kevan, P.G., R.W.K. Punchihewa and C.F. Greco.  1995. Foraging range of Apis cerana and its implications for honey production and apiary management. In: Kevan, P.G. (Ed.). The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge. pp. 223-228.

Mbaya, J.K.S. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Applied pollination in Africa. pp. 57-62. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.

Wahid, M.B. and P.G. Kevan.  1995. Life history and feeding behaviour of the oil palm bagworm, Metisa plana Walker (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). Elaeis 7(1): 18-34.

Kevan, P.G.  1992. Bangladesh linkage programme: from grassroots to kernels of corn. Beekeeping as an example of a cottage industry with family, local, regional and national value. Institutional linkages from bottom to top and top to bottom. In: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Report of Bangladesh Academic Linkages Seminar, Ottawa, June 25-27, 1992. Appendix 3.12, 8pp.

Kevan, P.G.  1990. How large bees, Bombus and Xylocopa (Apoidea: Hynmenoptera) forage on trees. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 2: 233-242.

Kevan, P.G. 1989. Needham, G.R., R.E. Page, M. Delfinado-Baker and C.E. Bowman (eds.).  1988. African honey bees and bee mites. Ellis Horwood, Ltd., Chichester. xviii + 572 pp. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada. (Book review)

Kevan, P.G.  1989. Yellow Rain. Sunday Times (Simcoe) 1(11): 6.

Mardan, M. and P.G. Kevan.  1989. Mass defecation, yellow rain, and thermoregulation by the giant honeybee Apis dorsata. Nature 341: 191.

Lack, A.J. and P.G. Kevan.  1987. The reproductive biology of a distylous tree, Sarcotheca celebica (Oxalidaceae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 1-8.

Kevan, P.G.  1986. Pollinating and flower visiting insects and the management of beneficial and harmful insects and plants. In: Hussein, M.Y. and A.G. Ibrahim (Eds.). Biological Control in the Tropics. Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. pp. 439-452.

Kevan, P.G. and B.H. Gaskell.  1986. The awkward seeds of Gonystylus macrophyllus (Thymelaeaceae) and their dispersal by the bat, Rousettus celebensis, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biotropica 18: 76-78.

Kevan, P.G., M.Y. Hussein, N. Hussey and M.B. Wahid.  1986. Modelling the use of Elaeidobius kamerunicus for pollination of oil palm. Planter (Malaysia) 62: 89-99.

Kevan, P.G. and A.J. Lack.  1985. Pollination in a cryptically dioecious plant, Decaspermum parviflorum (Lam.) A.J. Scortt (Myrtaceae) by pollen collecting bees. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 25: 319-330.

Punchihewa, R.W.K., N. Koeniger, P.G. Kevan and R.M. Gadawski.  1985. Observations on the dance communication and natural foraging ranges of the three honeybee species in Sri Lanka. Journal of Apicultural Research 24: 168-175.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Bee botany: pollination, foraging and floral calendars. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/6 March 1984. 4 pp. and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 51-55.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Insect pollination of economically important plants of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/7 March 1984. 8 pp and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 77-85.

Kevan, P.G.  1984. Proceedings of the Second African Palm Oil Processing Workshop, and the Consultation on the Constitution of the African Oil Palm Development Association (AFOPDA). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 267-277.

Kevan, P.G., R.A. Morse and P. Akratanakul.  1984. Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 238 pp.

Kevan, P.G., R.A. Morse and P. Akratanakul.  1984. Apiculture in tropical and sub-tropical Asia with special reference to Euroepan honeybees and development programmes. Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. AGS/API/1984, API/1 March 1984. 24 pp. and Proceedings of Expert Consultation on Beekeeping with Apis mellifera in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. pp. 10-32.

Lack, A.J. and P.G. Kevan.  1984. Studies on the reproductive biology of a canopy tree, Syzygium syzygioides (Myrtaceae), in a rain forest in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biotropica 16: 31-36.

Kevan, P.G.  1983. Pollination and pollinator management in oil palm. Second African Palm Oil Processing Workshop. Nifor, Benin City, Nigeria. AG5/POA 11, FAO, Rome. 14 pp.

Kevan, P.G. and R. Bye.  1982. Comb honey production without foundation in Mexico. American Bee Journal 112: 356-357.

 

 

 

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Roussy, A. and P.G. Kevan.  2000.  How accessible are receptive megastrobili to pollen?  The example of jack pine (Pinus banksiana).  American Journal of Botany 87(2): 215-220.

 

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and G.-E. Caron.  1996. Estimating the timing of maximum pollen release from jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) in northern Ontario. For. Chron. 72: 166-169.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and J. Arnold.  1996. Lower planetary boundary layer profiles of atmospheric conifer pollen above a seed orchard in northern Ontario, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 83: 87-97.

Kevan, P.G. and E.A. Tikhmenev.  1996. Dynamic anemophily and the ecology of pollination in common grasses in Ontario. Russian Journal Ecology 27(4): 26-266.

Di-Giovanni, F., P.G. Kevan and M.E. Nasr.  1995. The variability in settling velocities of some pollen and spores. Grana 34: 39-44.

Di-Giovanni, F. and P.G. Kevan.  1994. Pollen dispersal and pollen contamination in conifer seed orchards. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Biometeorology, 12-18 September, 1993, Calgary Alberta. Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario. pp. 353-366.

Kevan, P.G.  1994. Wind or insects: Pollination of Coconut (Cocos nucifera) in the Maldive Islands. ibid. pp. 372-377. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.

Di-Giovanni, F. and P.G. Kevan.  1991. Factors affecting pollen dynamics and its importance to pollen contamination: a review. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 21: 1155-1170.

Kevan, P.G. and F. Di-Giovanni.  1990. Pollen contamination in seed orchards: A review. Ontario Tree Improvement Council Report. 69 pp.