NDLI: Multisensory integration of colors and scents: insights from bees and flowers

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Author	Leonard, Anne S. Masek, Pavel
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Karl von Frisch’s studies of bees’ color vision and chemical senses opened a window into the perceptual world of a species other than our own. A century of subsequent research on bees’ visual and olfactory systems has developed along two productive but independent trajectories, leaving the questions of how and why bees use these two senses in concert largely unexplored. Given current interest in multimodal communication and recently discovered interplay between olfaction and vision in humans and Drosophila, understanding multisensory integration in bees is an opportunity to advance knowledge across fields. Using a classic ethological framework, we formulate proximate and ultimate perspectives on bees’ use of multisensory stimuli. We discuss interactions between scent and color in the context of bee cognition and perception, focusing on mechanistic and functional approaches, and we highlight opportunities to further explore the development and evolution of multisensory integration. We argue that although the visual and olfactory worlds of bees are perhaps the best-studied of any non-human species, research focusing on the interactions between these two sensory modalities is vitally needed.
Starting Page	463
Ending Page	474
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03407594
Journal	Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Volume Number	200
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	14321351
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-04-08
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Multimodal Bees Integration Color Scent Animal Physiology Neurosciences Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physiology Behavioral Neuroscience Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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