Functional significance of the optical properties of flowers for visual signalling
Background Flower coloration is a key enabler for pollinator attraction. Floral visual signals
comprise several components that are generated by specific anatomical structures and …
comprise several components that are generated by specific anatomical structures and …
Mechanisms, functions and ecology of colour vision in the honeybee
N Hempel de Ibarra, M Vorobyev, R Menzel - Journal of Comparative …, 2014 - Springer
Research in the honeybee has laid the foundations for our understanding of insect colour
vision. The trichromatic colour vision of honeybees shares fundamental properties with …
vision. The trichromatic colour vision of honeybees shares fundamental properties with …
Optimising coloured pan traps to survey flower visiting insects
SM Vrdoljak, MJ Samways - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2012 - Springer
Colour is an important attractant for many flower-visiting insects (anthophiles).
Consequently, coloured pan trapping is an efficient technique that can be easily and cost …
Consequently, coloured pan trapping is an efficient technique that can be easily and cost …
Bumblebee visual allometry results in locally improved resolution and globally improved sensitivity
The quality of visual information that is available to an animal is limited by the size of its
eyes. Differences in eye size can be observed even between closely related individuals, yet …
eyes. Differences in eye size can be observed even between closely related individuals, yet …
Colour processing in complex environments: insights from the visual system of bees
Colour vision enables animals to detect and discriminate differences in chromatic cues
independent of brightness. How the bee visual system manages this task is of interest for …
independent of brightness. How the bee visual system manages this task is of interest for …
The role of colour patterns for the recognition of flowers by bees
N Hempel de Ibarra, S Holtze… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bees discriminate between many different colours of flower petals, but it is not well
understood how they perceive and learn patterns frequently found in flowers with colourful …
understood how they perceive and learn patterns frequently found in flowers with colourful …
[HTML][HTML] More than colour attraction: behavioural functions of flower patterns
NH de Ibarra, KV Langridge, M Vorobyev - Current opinion in insect …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Insects perceive separately chromatic and achromatic aspects of colour
patterns.•Flowers present colour patterns as individual or shared displays.•Visual …
patterns.•Flowers present colour patterns as individual or shared displays.•Visual …
Fragmentary blue: Resolving the rarity paradox in flower colors
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 …
experience, this color is less frequently observed in flowers. We first review how blue has …
Why background colour matters to bees and flowers
Flowers are often viewed by bee pollinators against a variety of different backgrounds. On
the Australian continent, backgrounds are very diverse and include surface examples of all …
the Australian continent, backgrounds are very diverse and include surface examples of all …
Differences in photoreceptor processing speed for chromatic and achromatic vision in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris
P Skorupski, L Chittka - Journal of Neuroscience, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Fast detection of visual change can be mediated by visual processes that ignore chromatic
aspects of the visual signal, relying on inputs from a single photoreceptor class (or pooled …
aspects of the visual signal, relying on inputs from a single photoreceptor class (or pooled …