Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Skorupski, Peter ^a   Chittka, Lars ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BUMBLEBEE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; BEE; COLOR; CYTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLOR; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957806543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012049     Document Type: Article

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