Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: Flower-specific specializations |
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| Authors: | A. Dafni P. G. Kevan |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Evolution, Haifa University, 39105 Haifa, Israel;(2) Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1 Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Summary This note surveys the current knowledge of the existence of acute zones in insects' eyes in relation to beeflower interactions.We suggest some broad generalizations correlating the size, use, structure and presentation of flowers with the foraging behaviour, body size and eye design of bees.Special emphasis is given to the differences between small and large bees and the architecture of flowers that they use. |
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| Keywords: | bees compound eye insect vision flower form |
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