Flower patterns are adapted for detection by bees

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

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Hempel De Ibarra, Natalie ^a,b   Vorobyev, Misha ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bees; Flowers; Pollination ecology; Vision; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLOWER; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLOWERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 61449161952     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0412-0     Document Type: Article

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