Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: Flower-specific specializations

A. Dafni; P. G. Kevan

doi:10.1007/BF01237770

Hypothesis on adaptive features of the compound eye of bees: Flower-specific specializations

A. Dafni, P. G. Kevan

Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	236-241
Number of pages	6
Journal	Evolutionary Ecology
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01237770
State	Published - May 1995

Keywords

bees
compound eye
flower form
insect vision

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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