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References

d65 spectral data:
Wyszecki, G. & Stiles, W.S. (1982) Color science: Concepts and methods, quantitative data and formulae. Wiley, New York.

Honeybee spectral sensitivity curves:
Peitsch, D., Fietz, A., Hertel, H., de Souza, J., Ventura, D.F., & Menzel, R. (1992) The spectral input systems of hymenopteran insects and their receptor-based colour vision. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 170, 23-40.

Leaf spectral curves:
Chittka, L. (1997) Bee color vision is optimal for coding flower color, but flower colors are not optimal for being coded - why? Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45, 115-127.

Individual spectra in Flower Records

Each flower record contains a full publication reference under the field "Publication". Click on each search result to view the citation.

Full list:

Chittka, L., Shmida, A., Troje, N., & Menzel, R. (1994) Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the colour perception of Hymenoptera. Vision Research, 34, 1489-1508.

Chittka, L. (1996) Optimal sets of colour receptors and opponent processes for coding of natural objects in insect vision. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 181, 179-196.

Chittka, L. (1997) Bee color vision is optimal for coding flower color, but flower colors are not optimal for being coded - why? Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45, 115-127.

Gumbert, A., Kunze, J., & Chittka, L. (1999) Floral colour diversity in plant communities, bee colour space and a null model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 266, 1711-1716.

Menzel, R. & Shmida, A. (1993) The ecology of flower colours and the natural colour vision of insect pollinators: the Israeli flora as a study case. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 68, 81-120.