Background complexity affects colour preference in bumblebees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 921-925

  Forrest, Jessica ^a   Thomson, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus; Colour; Ornithophily; Pollination syndromes

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLOR; COMPLEXITY; FLOWER; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLINATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BUMBLEBEE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER COLOR; FOLIAGE; FORAGE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIRDS; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FLOWERS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS;

EID: 68349106939     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0549-2     Document Type: Article

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