Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 The effect of variation among floral traits on the flower constancy of pollinators
- 2 Behavioral and neural mechanisms of learning and memory as determinants of flower constancy
- 3 Subjective evaluation and choice behavior by nectar-and pollen-collecting bees
- 4 Honeybee vision and floral displays:from detection to close-up recognition
- 5 Floral scent, olfaction, and scent-driven foraging behavior
- 6 Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color vision
- 7 Foraging and spatial learning in hummingbirds
- 8 Bats as pollinators: foraging energetics and floral adaptations
- 9 Vision and learning in some neglected pollinators: beetles, flies, moths, and butterflies
- 10 Pollinator individuality: when does it matter?
- 11 Effects of predation risk on pollinators and plants
- 12 Pollinator preference, frequency dependence, and floral evolution
- 13 Pollinator-mediated assortative mating: causes and consequences
- 14 Behavioural responses of pollinators to variation in floral display size and their influences on the evolution of floral traits
- 15 The effects of floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal
- 16 Pollinator behavior and plant speciation: looking beyond the “ethological isolation” paradigm
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 The effect of variation among floral traits on the flower constancy of pollinators
- 2 Behavioral and neural mechanisms of learning and memory as determinants of flower constancy
- 3 Subjective evaluation and choice behavior by nectar-and pollen-collecting bees
- 4 Honeybee vision and floral displays:from detection to close-up recognition
- 5 Floral scent, olfaction, and scent-driven foraging behavior
- 6 Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color vision
- 7 Foraging and spatial learning in hummingbirds
- 8 Bats as pollinators: foraging energetics and floral adaptations
- 9 Vision and learning in some neglected pollinators: beetles, flies, moths, and butterflies
- 10 Pollinator individuality: when does it matter?
- 11 Effects of predation risk on pollinators and plants
- 12 Pollinator preference, frequency dependence, and floral evolution
- 13 Pollinator-mediated assortative mating: causes and consequences
- 14 Behavioural responses of pollinators to variation in floral display size and their influences on the evolution of floral traits
- 15 The effects of floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal
- 16 Pollinator behavior and plant speciation: looking beyond the “ethological isolation” paradigm
- Index
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- Cognitive Ecology of PollinationAnimal Behaviour and Floral Evolution, pp. 337 - 344Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001