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Detection and Learning of Floral Electric Fields by Bumblebees
Abstract
Flowers and Bees Have “Sparks”: Plants and their pollinators have very intimate interactions, as emphasized by the many classic cases of coevolution among species of each. Such close relationships require signaling between plant and pollinator. Coordination between plant signals and pollinator perception has been shown to exist in flower color, shape, and odor. Clarke et al. (p. 66 , published online 21 February) report the potential for a distinct mode of plant–pollinator communication, electric fields. Natural floral electric fields, which are impacted by visits from naturally charged bees, were easily discriminated by bees, based on their level, pattern, and structure, and improved the rate at which bees remembered the location of a nectar reward.
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- Authors
- Clarke, D., Whitney, H., Sutton, G., & Robert, D.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2013-04-05
- Volume
- 340
- Issue
- 6128
- Pages
- 66-69
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W1979321496
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- 331
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- 24.08
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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