Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) sacrifice foraging speed to solve difficult colour discrimination tasks

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

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 759-763

  Dyer, Adrian G ^a,c   Chittka, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Flower learning; Insect vision; Response time; Speed accuracy tradeoff

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 16544367729     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0547-y     Document Type: Article

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