Colour choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour perception

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 477-489

  Lunau, K ^a   Wacht, S ^a   Chittka, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut für Neurobiologie   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Colour difference; Colour perception; Colour saturation; Colour vision; Innate colour; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030039883     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00190178     Document Type: Article

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