Klaus Lunau

Best Publications

• Ultraviolet plumage colors predict mate preferences in starlings

  Andrew T. D. Bennett;Innes C. Cuthill;Julian C. Partridge;Klaus Lunau

  474
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• Colour choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour perception

  K. Lunau;S. Wacht;L. Chittka

  272
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• Avoidance of achromatic colours by bees provides a private niche for hummingbirds.

  Klaus Lunau;Sarah Papiorek;Thomas Eltz;Marlies Sazima

  244
  Citations

• The ecology and evolution of visual pollen signals

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  213
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• Functional significance of the optical properties of flowers for visual signalling.

  Casper J van der Kooi;Adrian G Dyer;Peter G Kevan;Klaus Lunau

  212
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• Visual ecology of flies with particular reference to colour vision and colour preferences

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  180
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• Flies and Flowers II: Floral Attractants and Rewards

  Thomas S. Woodcock;Brendon M.H. Larson;Peter G. Kevan;David W. Inouye

  178
  Citations

• Bees, birds and yellow flowers: pollinator-dependent convergent evolution of UV patterns

  S. Papiorek;R. R. Junker;I. Alves-dos-Santos;G. A. R. Melo

  157
  Citations

• Juggling with volatiles: exposure of perfumes by displaying male orchid bees.

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  150
  Citations

• Colour saturation triggers innate reactions to flower signals: Flower dummy experiments with bumblebees

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  149
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• Innate recognition of flowers by bumble bees: orientation of antennae to visual stamen signals

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  122
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• Adaptive radiation and coevolution — pollination biology case studies

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  116
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• Optical releasers of the innate proboscis extension in the hoverfly Eristalis tenax L. (Syrphidae, Diptera)

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  116
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• Flower Color Evolution and the Evidence of Pollinator-Mediated Selection.

  Judith Trunschke;Klaus Lunau;Graham H. Pyke;Graham H. Pyke;Zong-Xin Ren

  110
  Citations

• A generalised mimicry system involving angiosperm flower colour, pollen and bumblebees’ innate colour preferences

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  107
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• Bumblebees ( Bombus terrestris ) and honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) prefer similar colours of higher spectral purity over trained colours

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  104
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• Visual targeting of components of floral colour patterns in flower-naïve bumblebees (Bombus terrestris; Apidae).

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  102
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• How flower colour signals allure bees and hummingbirds: a community‐level test of the bee avoidance hypothesis

  Maria Gabriela Gutierrez de Camargo;Klaus Lunau;Marco Antônio Batalha;Sebastian Brings

  99
  Citations

• Experience-Dependent Choices Ensure Species-Specific Fragrance Accumulation in Male Orchid Bees

  Thomas Eltz;David W. Roubik;Klaus Lunau

  95
  Citations

• Divergent Rules for Pollen and Nectar Foraging Bumblebees – A Laboratory Study with Artificial Flowers Offering Diluted Nectar Substitute and Pollen Surrogate

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  94
  Citations