Cognitive ecology of pollination
Subtitle: animal behavior and floral evolution
By: edited by Lars Chittka and James D. Thomson.
Contributors: Chittka, Lars, 1963-; Thomson, James D., 1950-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Pollinators -- Ecophysiology; Pollination
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The effect of variation among floral traits on the flower constancy of pollinators / Robert J. Gegear and Terence M. Laverty; title: Behavioral and neural mechanisms of learning and memory as determinants of flower constancy / Randolf Menzel; title: Subjective evaluation and choice behavior by nectar- and pollen-collecting bees / Keith D. Waddington; title: Honeybee vision and floral displays: from detection to close-up recognition / Martin Giurfa and Miriam Lehrer; title: Floral scent, olfaction, and scent-driven foraging behavior / Robert A. Raguso; title: Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color vision / Lars Chittka, Johannes Spaethe, Annette Schmidt, Anja Hickelsberger; title: Foraging and spatial learning in hummingbirds / Susan D. Healy and T. Andrew Hurly; title: Bats as pollinators: foraging energetics and floral adaptations / York Winter and Otto von Helversen; title: Vision and learning in some neglected pollinators: beetles, flies, moths, and butterflies / Martha R. Weiss; title: Pollinator individuality: when does it matter? / James D. Thomson and Lars Chittka; title: Effects of predation risk on pollinators and plants / Reuven Dukas; title: Pollinator preference, frequency dependence, and floral evolution / Ann Smithson; title: Pollinator-mediated assortative mating: causes and consequences / Kristina Niovi Jones; title: Behavioural responses of pollinators to variation in floral display size and their influences on the evolution of floral traits / Kazuharu Ohashi and Tetsukazu Yahara; title: The effects of floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal / Lawrence D. Harder, Neal M. Williams, Crispin Y. Jordan and William A. Nelson; title: Pollinator behavior and plant speciation: looking beyond the "ethological isolation" paradigm / Nickolas M. Waser.