ReviewCurrent opinion in insect science2015
More than colour attraction: behavioural functions of flower patterns.
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37 citing papers in PubMed.
- Colour preference and foraging constancy in the Asian giant honeybee Apis dorsata.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Flower color variation in Digitalis purpurea: Pollination and soil influences across native and introduced populations.American journal of botany · 2026Article
- Bees flexibly adjust decision strategies to information content in a foraging task.Science advances · 2026Article
- A mosaic of colors: The influence of biotic and abiotic factors shaping flower color diversity across a tropical mountain ecosystem.American journal of botany · 2026Article
- Bees, flowers and UV.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Review
- Green flowers need yellow to get noticed in a green world.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Modeling spatial acuity improves trap capture of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2025Article
- Haplotype-resolved genome assembly provides new insights into the genomic origin of purple colour in Prunus mume.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Flower colour contrast, 'spectral purity' and a red herring.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Review
- Untargeted flower volatilome profiling highlights differential pollinator attraction strategies in muscadine.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Fields of flowers with few strikes: how oligolectic bees manage their foraging behavior on Calibrachoa elegans (Solanaceae).Die Naturwissenschaften · 2024Article
- Strawberry varieties differ in pollinator-relevant floral traits.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Flower Size as an Honest Signal in Royal Irises (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Visual acuity ofInsects · 2023Article
- A signal-like role for floral humidity in a nocturnal pollination system.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Eco-Evo-Devo of petal pigmentation patterning.Essays in biochemistry · 2022Article
- Does the Floral Nectary inBiology · 2022Article
- The role of colour patterns for the recognition of flowers by bees.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Flower sharing and pollinator health: a behavioural perspective.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Review
- Mutualist- and antagonist-mediated selection contribute to trait diversification of flowers.PeerJ · 2022Review
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Abstract
Flower patterns are thought to influence foraging decisions of insect pollinators. However, the resolution of insect compound eyes is poor. Insects perceive flower patterns only from short distances when they initiate landings or search for reward on the flower. From further away flower displays jointly form larger-sized patterns within the visual scene that will guide the insect's flight. Chromatic and achromatic cues in such patterns may help insects to find, approach and learn rewarded locations in a flower patch, bringing them close enough to individual flowers. Flight trajectories and the spatial resolution of chromatic and achromatic vision in insects determine the effectiveness of floral displays, and both need to be considered in studies of plant-pollinator communication.
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