Broad spectral sensitivities in the honeybee's photoreceptors limit colour constancy

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

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Dyer, A G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bees; Colour constancy; Flower colour; Photoreceptors; Spectrally variable illumination

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0032722807     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050405     Document Type: Article

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