The colour of flowers in spectrally variable illumination and insect pollinator vision

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

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Dyer, A G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bee colour space; Bees; Chromatic adaptation; Flower constancy; Illumination colour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031878558     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050248     Document Type: Article

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