Colour spaces in ecology and evolutionary biology

JP Renoult, A Kelber, HM Schaefer - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The recognition that animals sense the world in a different way than we do has unlocked
important lines of research in ecology and evolutionary biology. In practice, the subjective …

Novel consequences of bird pollination for plant mating

SL Krauss, RD Phillips, JD Karron, SD Johnson… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
Pollinator behaviour has profound effects on plant mating. Pollinators are predicted to
minimise energetic costs during foraging bouts by moving between nearby flowers …

Disequilibrium of flavonol synthase and dihydroflavonol-4-reductase expression associated tightly to white vs. red color flower formation in plants

P Luo, G Ning, Z Wang, Y Shen, H Jin, P Li… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Flower color is the main character throughout the plant kingdom. Though substantial
information exists regarding the structural and regulatory genes involved in anthocyanin and …

Working towards a holistic view on flower traits—how floral scents mediate plant–animal interactions in concert with other floral characters

RR Junker, AL Parachnowitsch - Journal of the Indian Institute of …, 2015 - journal.iisc.ac.in
Flowers are complex structures, synchronously displaying both olfactory and visual
signals/cues in the context of a particular floral morphology, that also vary in resource …

Macroecological patterns in flower colour are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors

RL Dalrymple, DJ Kemp, H Flores‐Moreno… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a wealth of research on the way interactions with pollinators shape flower traits.
However, we have much more to learn about influences of the abiotic environment on flower …

How flower colour signals allure bees and hummingbirds: a community‐level test of the bee avoidance hypothesis

MGG de Camargo, K Lunau, MA Batalha… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Colour signals are the main floral trait for plant–pollinator communication. Owing to visual
specificities, flower visitors exert different selective pressures on flower colour signals of …

Simulation of chromatic and achromatic assessments for camouflage textiles and combat background

M Anowar Hossain - The Journal of Defense Modeling and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Chromatic and achromatic (AC) assessments of camouflage textiles have been critical to the
defense researchers for concealment, detection, recognition, and identification (CDRI) of …

[HTML][HTML] Pollination in a new climate: assessing the potential influence of flower temperature variation on insect pollinator behaviour

M Shrestha, JE Garcia, Z Bukovac, A Dorin, AG Dyer - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Climate change has the potential to enhance or disrupt biological systems, but currently,
little is known about how organism plasticity may facilitate adaptation to localised climate …

Fragmentary blue: Resolving the rarity paradox in flower colors

AG Dyer, A Jentsch, M Burd, JE Garcia… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Blue is a favored color of many humans. While blue skies and oceans are a common visual
experience, this color is less frequently observed in flowers. We first review how blue has …

Flower colour and visitation rates of Costus arabicus support the 'bee avoidance' hypothesis for red‐reflecting hummingbird‐pollinated flowers

PJ Bergamo, AR Rech, VLG Brito… - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Floral colour mediates plant–pollinator interactions by often signalling floral resources. In
this sense, hummingbird‐pollinated flowers are frequently red‐coloured, and there are two …