TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on "floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators"
AU - Morehouse, Nathan I.
AU - Rutowski, Ronald L.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Whitney et al. (Reports, 2 January 2009, p. 130) investigated the mechanism of iridescence in hibiscus and tulip flowers and suggested that bumblebees are able to use this iridescence as a pollination cue. However, their study failed to isolate iridescence from other coincident visual cues, leaving open questions regarding the importance of iridescent stimuli in foraging-based associative learning in bumblebees.
AB - Whitney et al. (Reports, 2 January 2009, p. 130) investigated the mechanism of iridescence in hibiscus and tulip flowers and suggested that bumblebees are able to use this iridescence as a pollination cue. However, their study failed to isolate iridescence from other coincident visual cues, leaving open questions regarding the importance of iridescent stimuli in foraging-based associative learning in bumblebees.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1173324
DO - 10.1126/science.1173324
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 19713509
AN - SCOPUS:69549126432
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 325
SP - 1072d
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5944
ER -