Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5910, 2009, Pages 130-133

  Whitney, Heather M ^a   Kolle, Mathias ^a,b   Andrew, Piers ^a   Chittka, Lars ^c   Steiner, Ullrich ^a,b   Glover, Beverley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; DICOTYLEDON; DIFFRACTION; FLORAL TRAIT; MATE RECOGNITION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; POLLINATOR; REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; DIFFRACTION; FLOWER COLOR; GRATING; HIBISCUS; POLARIZATION; POLLINATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TULIP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FLOWERS; HIBISCUS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; POLLINATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TULIPA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; HIBISCUS TRIONUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; REPTILIA; TULIPA;

EID: 58149262988     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1166256     Document Type: Article

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