How do insect pollinators discriminate colors?

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 103-113

  Vorobyev, Misha ^a   Brandt, Robert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR DISCRIMINATION; INSECT POLLINATOR; POLLINATION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030734178     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676677     Document Type: Article

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