2013
173. Avarguѐs-Weber, A., Dawson, E.H. & Chittka, L. (2013). Mechanisms of social learning across species boundaries. Journal
of Zoology, pp. 1-11, doi:10.1111/jzo.12015.
172. Chittka, L., Stelzer, R. & Stanewsky R. (2013).
Daily changes in UV light levels can synchronize the circadian clock of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).
Chronobiology International, 30: 434-442.
171. Chittka, L. & Peng, F. (2013). Caffeine Boosts Bees’ Memories. Science, 309: 1157-1159.
170. Dawson, E.H., Avarguѐs-Weber, A., Chittka, L. & Leadbeater, E. (2013).
Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model. Current Biology, 23: 727-730.
169. Land, M. & Chittka, L. (2013).
Vision. In: The Insects: Structure and Function, 5th Edition (eds. Simpson, S. J. and Douglas, A. E.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 708-737.
168. Lihoreau, M., Raine, N.E., Reynolds, A.M. Stelzer, R.J., Lim, K.S. Smith, A.D., Osborne, J.L. & Chittka, L. (2013).
Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 6: 1-4.
167. Reynolds, A.M., Lihoreau, M. & Chittka, L. (2013).
A Simple Iterative Model Accurately Captures Complex Trapline Formation by Bumblebees Across Spatial Scales and Flower Arrangements.
PLOS Computational Biology, 9: e1002938.
166. van der Woude, E., Smid, H.M., Chittka, L. & Huigens, M.E. (2013). Breaking Haller’s Rule: Brain-body size
isometry in a minute parasitic wasp.
Brain Behav Evol, 81: 86-92.
165. Vukusic, P. & Chittka, L. (2013).
Visual signals: color and light production. In: The Insects: Structure and Function, 5th Edition (eds. Simpson, S. J. and Douglas, A. E.).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 793-823.
2012
164. Arnold, S.E.J. & Chittka, L. (2012).
Illumination preference, illumination constancy and colour discrimination by bumblebees in an environment with patchy light.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 215: 2173-2180.
163. Chittka, A., Wurm, Y. & Chittka, L. (2012).
Epigenetics: The Making of Ant Castes. Current Biology, 22: R835-R838.
162. Chittka, L.,& Dyer, A. (2012).
Your face looks familiar. Nature, 481: 154-155
161. Chittka, L., Rossiter, S.J., Skorupski, P. & Fernando, C. (2012).
What is comparable in comparative cognition? Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society, 3671: 2677-2685.
160. Dawson, E.H. & Chittka, L. (2012).
Conspecific and heterospecific information use in bumblebees. PloS ONE, 7: e31444.
159. Ings, T.C., Wang, M.Y. & Chittka,
L. (2012) Colour independent shape recognition of cryptic predators by bumblebees.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66: 487-496.
158. Lenz, F, Ings, T.C., Chittka L., Chechkin, A.V. & Klages, R. (2012).
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bumblebees Foraging under Predation Risk.
Physical Review Letters, 108: 1-5.
157. Lihoreau, M.D., Chittka, L., Le Comber, S.C. & Raine, N.E. (2012).
Bees do not use nearest neighbour rules for optimization of multilocation routes. Biology
Letters, 8: 13-16.
156. Lihoreau, M.D., Latty, T. & Chittka, L. (2012). An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects.
Frontiers in Physiology, 442: 1-7.
155. Lihoreau, M.D., Raine, N.E., Reynolds, A.M., Stelzer, R.J., Lim, K.S., Smith, A.D., Osborne, J.L. & Chittka, L. (2012). Radar tracking and motion-sensitive cameras on flowers reveal the
development of pollinator multi-destination routes over large spatial scales. PLoS Biology, 10: e1001392.
154. Muller, H. & Chittka, L. (2012).
Consistent interindividual differences in discrimination performance by bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus
terrestris) in colour, shape and odour learning tasks.
Entomologia generalis, 34: 1-8.
153. Przybylowicz,
T., Roessingh, P., Groot, A.T., Bismeijer, J.C. (Kroos), Oostermeijer, J.G.B., Chittka, L., &
Gravendeel, B. (2012). Possible chemical mimicry of the European lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) .
Contributions to Zoology, 81: 103-110.
152. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2012). No Trade-Off between Learning Speed and Associative Flexibility in Bumblebees:
A Reversal Learning Test with Multiple Colonies. PLoS ONE, 7: e45096.
2011
151. Chittka,
L. & Jensen, K. (2011). Animal Cognition: Concepts
from Apes to Bees. Current Biology, 21: R116-R119.
150. Chittka,
L. & Skorupski, P.(2011). Information processing
in miniature brains. Proc Royal Soc Lond B,
278: 885-888.
149. Doring, T.D., &
Chittka. L. (2011). How human are insects and does
it matter? Formosan Entomologist, 31: 85-99.
148. Leadbeater,
E.A. & Chittka, L. (2011). Do in experienced bumblebee foragers
use scent makers as social information? Animal Cognition, 14: 915-919.
147. Lihoreau, M.D., Chittka, L. & Raine, N.E. (2011). Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of
high-reward sites in traplining bumblebees. Functional Ecology, 25: 1284–1292.
146. Mendl, M., Paul, E.S., & Chittka, L.
(2011). Animal Behaviour: Emotion in Invertebrates? Current Biology, 21: D463-D465.
145. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2011). Photoreceptor processing speed and input resistance changes during
light adaptation correlate with spectral class in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. PlosONE, 6: e25989.
144. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2011). Is colour cognitive? Optics and Laser Technology,
43: 251-260.
143. Whitney, H.M.,
Bennet, K.M.V., Dorling, M., Sandbach, L., Prince, D.
Chittka, L. & Glover, B.J. (2011). Why do so
many petals have conical epidermal cells? Annals of
Botany, 108: 609-611.
142. Whitney, H.M.,
Poetes, R., Steiner, U., Chittka, L. &
Glover, B.J. (2011). Determining the contribution of epidermal
cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic antirrhinum
lines. PloS One. 6: e17576.
2010
141. Arnold, S.E.J.,
Faruq, S., Savoleinen V., McOwan P. & Chittka, L.
(2010). FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database - a web portal
for analyses of flower colour. PLoS One,
5: e14287.
140. Chittka,
L. (2010). Q&A. Current
Biology, 20: R1006-R1008.
139. Chittka, A.
& Chittka, L. (2010). Epigenetics of
Royalty. PLoS Biol, 8: e1000532.
138. Ings, T.C., Ings, N.L., Chittka,
L. & Rasmont, P. (2010). A failed invasion?
Commercially introduced pollinators in Southern France. Apidologie,
41: 1–13.
137. Kapustjansky,
A., Chittka, L. & Spaethe, J. (2010). Bees
use three-dimensional information to improve target detection.
Naturwissenschaften, 97: 229–233.
136. Lihoreau, L., Chittka, L.
& Raine, N.E. (2010). Travel Optimization by Foraging
Bumblebees through Readjustments of Traplines after Discovery
of New Feeding Locations The American Naturalist,
176(6):744-757.
135. Muller, H., Grossmann, H. & Chittka,
L. (2010). ‘Personality’ in bumblebees: individual
consistency in responses to novel colours? Animal
Behaviour, 80: 1065-1074.
134. Niven, J.E. & Chittka,
L. (2010). Reuse of identified neurons in multiple
neural circuits Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33: 4.
133. Skorupski, P. & Chittka,
L. (2010). Photoreceptor Spectral Sensitivity in
the Bumblebee, Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). PLos
One, 5: e12049.
132. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2010).Differences in
Photoreceptor Processing Speed for Chromatic and Achromatic
Vision in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. The Journal of
Neuroscience, 30: 3896–3903.
131. Stelzer, R.J. & Chittka,
L. (2010). Bumblebee foraging rhythms under the
midnight sun measured with radiofrequency identification. BMC
Biology, 8:93.
130. Stelzer, R.J., Chittka, L.,
Carlton, M. & Ings, T.C. (2010). Winter active bumblebees
(Bombus terrestris) achieve high foraging rates in urban
Britain. PLoS One, 5:e9559.
129. Stelzer, R.J., Raine, N.E., Schmitt,
K.D. & Chittka, L. (2010). Effects of
aposematic coloration on predation risk in bumblebees? A
comparison between differently coloured populations, with
consideration of the ultraviolet. Journal of Zoology,
282: 75-83.
128. Stelzer, R.J.,
Stanewsky, R. & Chittka, L. (2010).
Circadian Foraging Rhythms of Bumblebees Monitored by
Radio-frequency Identification. Journal of Biological
Rhythms, 25: 257-267.
2009
127. Arnold, S.E.J., Savolainen, V. & Chittka,
L. (2009). Flower colours along an alpine altitude
gradient, seen through the eyes of fly and bee pollinators. Arthropod-Plant
Interactions, 3: 27–43.
126. Arnold, S.E.J., Le Comber, S.C. & Chittka, L. (2009).
Flower color phenology in European grassland and woodland
habitats, through the eyes of pollinators. Israel Journal
of Plant Sciences, 57: 211–230.
125. Chittka, L. &
Muller, H. (2009). Learning, specialization, efficiency and task
allocation in social insects. Communicative &
Integrative Biology, 2: 151-154.
124. Chittka, L. &
Niven, J. (2009). Are Bigger Brains Better? Current
Biology, 19: R995-R1008.
123. Chittka, L., Skorupski,
P. & Raine, N.E. (2009). Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in animal
decision making. Trends in Ecology & Evolution,
24: 400-407.
122. Dangles, O., Irschick, D., Chittka,
L. & Casas, J. (2009). Variability in sensory
ecology: expanding the bridge between physiology and
evolutionary biology. The Quarterly Review of Biology,
84: 51-74.
121. Ings, T.C.
& Chittka L. (2009). Predator crypsis
enhances behaviourally-mediated indirect effects on plants by
altering bumblebee foraging preferences. Proc. Royal Soc.
B, 276: 2031-2036.
120. Ings, T.C., Raine,
N.E. & Chittka, L. (2009). A population
comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour
preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus
terrestris. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology
63: 1207-1218.
119. Leadbeater,
E.A. & Chittka L. (2009). Bumble-bees
learn the value of social cues through experience. Biology
Letters, 5: 310-312.
118. Leadbeater,
E.A. & Chittka, L. (2009). Social
information use in foraging insects. In: S. Jarau & M.
Hrncir (eds.) Food Exploitation by Social Insects:
Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches. CRC
Press, pp. 135-146.
117. Molet, M., Chittka,
L. & Raine, N.E. (2009). Potential application of
the bumblebee foraging recruitment pheromone for commercial
greenhouse pollination. Apidologie, 40: 608-616.
116. Molet, M., Chittka, L.
& Raine N.E. (2009). How floral odours are learned inside
the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nest. Naturwissenschaften,
96: 213-219.
115. Ollerton, J., Cranmer, L., Stelzer, R.J.,
Sullivan, S. & Chittka, L.
(2009). Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants. Naturwissenschaften,
96: 221-232.
114. Raine, N.E. & Chittka,
L. (2009). Measuring the adaptiveness of social
insect foraging strategies - an empirical approach. In: S.
Jarau & M. Hrncir (eds.) Food
Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and
Theoretical Approaches. CRC Press, pp. 9-28.
113. Whitney, H.M., Chittka L.,
Bruce, T.J.A. & Glover, B.J. (2009). Conical Epidermal Cells
Allow Bees to Grip Flowers and Increase Foraging Efficiency. Current Biology, 19: 948-953.
112. Whitney, H.M.,
Kolle, M., Andrew, P., Chittka L., Steiner U.
& Glover B.J. (2009). Response to Comment on “Floral
Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for
Animal Pollinators” Science, 325: 1072.
111. Whitney, H.M., Kolle, M., Andrew, P., Chittka
L., Steiner, U. & Glover B.J. (2009). Floral
Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for
Animal Pollinators. Science, 323: 130-133.
2008
110. Ings, T.C. & Chittka, L.
(2008). Speed accuracy tradeoffs and false alarms in bee
responses to cryptic predators. Current Biology,
18: 1520-1524.
109. Leadbeater, E.
& Chittka L. (2008). Social transmission
of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumble-bees. Proc. R. Soc.
B, 275: 1669-1674.
108. Molet, M., Chittka L,
Stelzer, R.J., Streit, S. & Raine, N.E. (2008). Colony
nutritional status modulates worker responses to foraging
recruitment pheromone in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris
. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 62:
1919–1926. Supplementary material.
107. Muller, H. &
Chittka, L. (2008). Animal personalities: the
advantage of diversity. Current
Biology, 20: pR961-R963.
106. Raine, N.E. & Chittka L.
(2008). The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging
success in bumble-bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 275: 803-808.
Supplementary material.
105. Whitney H.M.,
Dyer A., Chittka, L., Rands
S.A. & Glover B.J. (2008). The interaction of temperature
and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in
bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften, 95: 845-850.
2007
104. Chittka
L. & Döring T.F. (2007). Are autumn foliage
colours red signals to aphids? PLoS Biology, 5:
1640-1644.
103.
Chittka L., Osorio D. (2007). Cognitive
Dimensions of Predator Responses to Imperfect Mimicry. PLoS
Biology, 5: 2754-2758.
102. Chittka, L. &
Spaethe, J. (2007). Visual search and the importance of time in
complex decision making by bees. Arthropod-Plant
Interactions, 1: 37-44.
101. Döring, T.F. & Chittka, L.
(2007). Visual ecology of aphids - a critical review on the
role of colours in host finding. Arthropod-Plant
Interactions, 1:3-16.
100. Dyer, A.G., Whitney, H.M., Arnold,
S.E.J., Glover, B.J. & Chittka, L.
(2007). Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin
synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum
majus flower colour. Arthropod-Plant Interactions,
1:45-55.
99. Leadbeater, E.
& Chittka L. (2007). Social learning in
insects - From miniature brains to consensus building. Current
Biology, 17: R703-713.
98. Leadbeater, E.
& Chittka, L. (2007). The dynamics of
social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus
terrestris). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61:
1789-1796.
97. Raine, N.E, &
Chittka, L. (2007). Nectar production rates of
75 bumblebee-visited flower species in a German flora
(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris). Entomologia Generalis, 30: 191-192.
96. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L.
(2007). The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging
context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus
terrestris . PLoS One, 2: e556.
95. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L.
(2007). Flower constancy and memory dynamics in bumblebees
(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia
Generalis, 29: 179-199.
94. Raine, N.E. &
L Chittka. (2007). Pollen foraging: learning a
complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).
Naturwissenschaften, 94: 459-464.
93. Saleh, N. &
Chittka, L. (2007). Traplining in bumblebees
(Bombus impatiens): a foraging strategy's ontogeny
and the importance of spatial reference memory in short range
foraging. Oecologia, 151: 719-730.
92. Saleh, N., Scott A. G., Bryning
G. P. & Chittka
L. (2007). Distinguishing signals and cues:
bumblebees use general footprints to generate adaptive
behaviour at flowers and nest. Arthropod Plant
Interactions, 1: 119-127.
91.
Skorupski, P., Doering, T. & Chittka, L.
(2007). Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in island and
mainland populations of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 193: 485-494.
90.
Stelzer, R., Ollerton, J. & Chittka, L.
(2007). Kein Nachweis für Hummelbesuch der Kanarischen
ogelblumen (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia
generalis, 30: 153-154.
2006
89. Chittka L. &
Raine, N.E. (2006). Recognition of flowers by pollinators. Current
Opinion in Plant Biology, 9: 428-435.
88. Dornhaus, A., Klügl, F., Oechslein,
C., Puppe, F., & Chittka, L. (2006).
Benefits of recruitment in honey bees: ecology and colony
size. Behavioral
Ecology, 17: 336-344.
87. Dyer, A.G., Whitney, H.M., Arnold ,
S.E.J., Glover, B.J. & Chittka, L.
(2006). Bees associate warmth with flower colour. Nature,
442: 525-525.
86. Ings, T.C.,
Ward, N.L. & Chittka, L. (2006). Can
commercially imported bumblebees out-compete their native
conspecifics? Journal of Applied Ecology, 43: 940-948.
(with cover page).
85. Leadbeater,
E., Raine, N.E. & Chittka L. (2006). Social
learning: ants and the meaning of teaching. Current
Biology, 16: R323-R325.
84. Raine, N.E.,
Ings, T.C., Dornhaus, A, Saleh, N. & Chittka, L.
(2006). Adaptation, chance, and history in the
evolution of bee foraging behavior. Advances in the Study
of Behavior, 36: 305-354.
83. Raine, N. E., Ings T. C.,
Ramos-Rodríguez O. & Chittka L. (2006).
Intercolony variation in learning performance of a wild
British bumblebee population (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus
terrestris audax ). Entomologia Generalis,
28: 241-256.
82. Saleh, N. & Chittka, L.
(2006). The importance of experience in the interpretation of
conspecific chemical signals. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology, 61: 215-220.
81. Saleh, N., Ohashi,
K., Thomson, J.D. & Chittka L. (2006).
Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging
bumblebees: complex versus simple flowers. Animal
Behaviour, 71: 847-854.
80. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L.
(2006). Animal Cognition: an Insect's Sense of Time? Current
Biology, 16: R851-R853.
79. Skorupski, P., Spaethe, J. & Chittka, L. (2006). Visual
search and decision making in Bees: Time, Speed and Accuracy.
International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 19:
342-357.
78. Spaethe, J., Tautz, J. & Chittka,
L. (2006). Do honeybees detect colour targets using
serial or parallel visual search? The Jounal of
Experimental Biology, 209: 987-993.
2005
77. Chittka, L. &
Brockmann, A. (2005). Perception space, the final frontier. PLoS Biology, 3: 564-568.
76. Chittka,
L. & Leadbeater, E. (2005). Social learning:
public information in insects. Current Biology, 15:
R869-R871.
75. Chittka, L. &
Kevan, P.G. (2005). Flower colour as advertisement. In Dafni,
A., Kevan, P.G., Husband, B.C. (eds.) Practical Pollination
Biology. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge , ON , Canada , pp.
157-196.
74. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka,
L. (2005). Bumble bees store both food and
information in honeypots. Behavioral Ecology, 16:
661-666.
73. Dyer, A., Neumeyer, C., Chittka,
L. (2005). Honeybee ( Apis mellifera )
vision can discriminate between and recognise images of human
faces. Journal
of Experimental Biology, , 208: 4709-4714 (with cover
page, and coverage in New Scientist).
72. Heiling, A.M., Cheng, K., Chittka,
L. , Goeth, A. & Herberstein , M.E. (2005). The
role of UV in crab spider signals: effects on perception by
prey and predators. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208:
3925-3931.
71. Heiling, A.M., Chittka, L.,
Cheng, K. & Herberstein , M.E. (2005). Colouration in crab
spiders – substrate choice and prey attraction. Journal
of Experimental Biology, 208: 1785-1792.
70. Ings, T., Schikora, J. & Chittka,
L. (2005). Bumblebees, humble pollinators or
assiduousinvaders? A population comparison of foraging
performance in Bombus terrestris. Oecologia, 144: 508-516.
69. Ings, T.,
Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2005).
Mating Preference of Commercially Imported Bumblebees ( Bombus
terrestris ) in Britain (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia
generalis, 28: 233-238.
68. Leadbeater,
E. & Chittka, L. (2005). A new mode
of information transfer in bumblebees. Current
Biology, 15: R447-R448. (with
commentary in Nature , Science News ,
and The Guardian)
67. Lotto, R.B. & Chittka, L.
(2005). Seeing the light: Illumination as a contextual cue to
color choice behavior in bumblebees. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, 102: 3852-3856.
66. Mena Granero, A., Guerra Sanz, J.M.,
Egea Gonzalez FJ, Martinez Vidal, JL, Dornhaus, A. Ghani, J.,
Roldán Serrano, A. & Chittka, L. (2005).
Chemical compounds of the foraging recruitment pheromone in
bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften, 92: 371-374.
65. Raine, N.E.
& Chittka, L. (2005). Comparison of
flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee
species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia
generalis, 28: 81-89.
64. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L.
(2005). Colour preferences in relation to the
foraging performance and fitness of the bumblebee Bombus
terrestris . Uludag Bee Journal, 5: 145-150.
63. Rasmont, P., Regali, A., Ings, T.C.,
Lognay, G., Baudart, E., Marlier, M., Delcarte, E., Viville,
P., Marot, C., Falmagne, P., Verhaeghe, J.-C. & Chittka,
L. (2005). Analysis of the pollen and nectar of
Arbutus unedo as a food source for Bombus
terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of
Economic Entomology, 98: 656-663.
2004
62. Chittka, L.
(2004). Dances
as windows into insect perception. PLoS Biology,
2:898-900.
61. Chittka, L., Ings,
T. & Raine, N.E. (2004). Chance and adaptation in the
evolution of island bumblebee behaviour. Population
Ecology, 46: 243-251.
60. Chittka, L., & Wells,
H. (2004). Color vision in bees: mechanisms, ecology and
evolution. In: Prete, F.: Complex Worlds from simpler nervous
systems; MIT Press, Boston pp. 165-191.
59. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L. (2004). Information flow
and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus
spp). Apidologie, 35: 183-192.
58. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L.
(2004). Why do honeybees dance? Behavioural Ecology and
Sociobiology, 55: 395-401.
57. Dyer, A.G. &
Chittka, L. (2004). Bumblebees (Bombus
terrestris) sacrifice foraging speed to learn difficult colour
discrimination tasks. Journal of Comparative Physiology A,
190: 759-763.
56. Dyer, AG. & Chittka, L.
(2004). Biological significance of discriminating between
similar colours in spectrally variable illumination:
bumblebees as a study case. Journal of Comparative
Physiology A, 190: 105-114.
55. Dyer, A.G. & Chittka, L.
(2004). Bumblebee search times without ultraviolet light. Journal of
Experimental Biology, 207: 1683-1688.
54. Dyer, A.G. & Chittka, L.
(2004). Fine colour discrimination requires differential
conditioning in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften, 91: 224-227.
53. Smith, C., Barber, I., Wootton, R.J. & Chittka, L.
(2004). A receiver bias in the origin of threespine
stickleback mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal
Society London Series B, 271: 949-955.
2003
52. Chittka, L., Dyer, A.G., Bock, F. & Dornhaus, A. (2003).
Bees trade off foraging
speed for accuracy. Nature, 424: 388-388.
51. Chittka, L. &
Tautz, J. (2003). The spectral input to honeybee visual
odometry. Journal
of Experimental Biology, 206: 2393-2397.
50. Dornhaus, A., Brockmann, A. & Chittka,
L. (2003). Bumble bees alert to food with pheromone
from tergal gland. Journal of Comparative Physiology A,
189: 47-51.
49. Heiling, A. M., Herberstein, M. E. & Chittka,
L. (2003). Crab-spiders manipulate flower signals.
Nature, 421: 334-334.
48. Spaethe, J. & Chittka, L.
(2003). Interindividual variation of eye optics and single
object resolution in bumblebees. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 206: 3447-3453. 2002
47.
Chittka, L. (2002). The influence of
intermittent rewards on learning to handle flowers in
bumblebees. Entomologia generalis, 26: 85-91.
2001
46. Briscoe, A. & Chittka, L. (2001). The evolution of
colour vision in insects. Annual Review of Entomology,
46: 471-510.
45. Chittka L. (2001). Camouflage of Predatory Crab Spiders on
Flowers, and the Colour Perception of Bees. Entomologia
generalis, 25: 181-187.
44. Chittka,
L., & Briscoe, A. (2001). Why sensory ecology needs to
become more evolutionary – insect color vision as a case in
point. In Barth, F.G., Schmid, A. (ed.) Ecology of
Sensing, Springer Verlag, Berlin , pp.19-38.
43. Chittka, L., & Schürkens S.
(2001). Successful invasion of a floral market. Nature,
411: 653-653.
42. Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (2001). Cognitive Ecology – Preface. In: Chittka,L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) Cognitive Ecology of Pollination. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge , pp. x-xiii.
41. Chittka,
L., Spaethe, J., Schmidt, A., Hickelsberger, A.
(2001). Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of
flower color and pollinator color vision. In: Chittka,
L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) Cognitive Ecology of
Pollination. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge , pp.
106-126.
40. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L.
(2001). Food alert in bumblebees: possible mechanisms and
evolutionary implications. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology, 50: 570-576.
39. Kevan, P.G., Chittka, L.,
Dyer, A. (2001). Limits to the salience of ultraviolet –
lessons from color vision in bees and birds. Journal of
Experimental Biology, 204: 2571-2580.
38. Schürkens, S., Chittka, L. (2001). The significance of the
invasive Crucifer species Bunias orientalis (Brassicaceae) as
a nectar source for central European insects. Entomologia
generalis, 25: 115-120.
37. Spaethe, J., Tautz, J. & Chittka, L.
(2001). Visual constraints in foraging bumble bees: flower
size and colour affect search time and flight behavior. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, 98: 3898-3903.
36. Thomson, J.D. & Chittka,
L. (2001). Pollinator individuality: when does it
matter? In: Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) Cognitive
Ecology of Pollination. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
, pp. 191-213.
Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) 2001.Cognitive Ecology of Pollination - Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution. Cambridge University Press, 423pp.
Contributors:
Robert J. Gegear, Terence M. Laverty, Randolf Menzel, Keith D. Waddington, Martin Giurfa, Miriam Lehrer, Robert A. Raguso, Lars Chittka, Johannes Spaethe, Annette Schmidt, Anja Hickelsberger, Sue Healy, T. Andrew Hurly, York Winter, Otto v. Helversen, Martha Weiss, Ann Smithson, Krinstina N. Jones, Kazuharu Ohashi, Tetsukazu Yahara, Lawrence D. Harder, Neal M. Williams, Crispin Y. Jordan, William A. Nelson, Nickolas M. Waser
Order at: www.cup.org
1999
35. Chittka, L.
(1999).
Bees, white flowers, and the color hexagon – a reassessment?
No, not yet. Naturwissenschaften, 86: 595-597.
34. Chittka, L.,
Thomson, J.D. Waser, N.M (1999). Flower constancy, insect
psychology, and plant evolution. Naturwissenschaften,
86: 361-377.
33. Chittka, L.,
Williams, N., Rasmussen, H., Thomson, J.D. (1999). Navigation
without vision –bumble bee orientation in complete darkness. Proceedings
of the Royal Society London Series B, 266: 45-50 (with
commentary in Science News).
32. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L.
(1999). Evolutionary origins of bee dances. Nature,
401: 38-38.
31. Gumbert, A.,
Kunze, J. & Chittka, L. (1999). Flower color
diversity in plant communities, bee color space, and a null
model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 266: 1711-1716.
1998
30. Chittka, L.
(1998).
Sensori-motor learning in bumble bees: long term retention and
reversal training. Journal of Experimental Biology, 201: 515-524 (with commentary in New Scientist).
29. Menzel, R., Geiger, K., Mueller, U.,
Joerges, J. & Chittka, L. (1998). Bees
travel novel homeward routes by integrating separately
acquired vector memories. Animal Behaviour, 55: 139-152.
28. Waser, N.M. & Chittka, L. (1998). Bedazzled
by flowers. Nature, 394: 835-836.
1997
27. Chittka, L. (1997). Bee color vision is optimal for coding
flower colors, but flower colors are not optimal for being
coded - why? Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45: 115-127.
26. Chittka, L., Gumbert, A. & Kunze, J. (1997). Foraging dynamics of bumble
bees: correlates of movements within and between plant
species. Behavioral Ecology, 8: 239-249.
25. Chittka, L., Schorn, J., de Souza, J.M., Ventura, D.F. &
Camargo, J.M.F. (1997). The nest entrance signal of the
Amazonian bees Partamona pearsoni - a case where
insects design their own flight targets. In: Kipyatkov, V.E.
(ed.) Proceedings of the Colloquia on Social Insects, Volume
3-4, pp.107-116.
24. Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D (1997). Sensori-motor learning and its relevance
for task specialization in bumble bees. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology, 41: 385-398.
23. Chittka, L. & Waser, N.M. (1997). Why red flowers are not invisible for bees. Israel
Journal of Plant Sciences, 45: 169-183 (with
commentary in TREE).
1996
22. Chittka, L. (1996).
Optimal sets of colour receptors and opponent processes for
coding of natural objects in insect vision. Journal of
Theoretical Biology, 181: 179-196.
21. Chittka, L. (1996).
Does bee colour vision predate the evolution of flower colour?
Naturwissenschaften, 83: 136-138 (with commentary in
Discover Magazine).
20. Kevan, P.G., Giurfa, M. & Chittka,
L. (1996). Why are there so many and so few white
flowers? Trends in Plant Sciences, 1: 280-284.
19. Kunze, J. & Chittka,
L. (1996). Bees and butterflies fly faster when
plants feed them more nectar. In: Goettingen Neurobiology
Report 1996, (eds. Elsner, N. & Schnitzler, H.)
Stuttgart:Thieme Verlag, p. 109.
18. Lunau, K., Wacht, S. & Chittka, L. (1996). Colour
choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour
perception. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 178: 477-489.
17. Maloney, L.T. & Chittka, L. (1996). Is color constancy
biologically relevant? Consequences of different color
constancy algorithms for simulated bee foraging performance.
In: Göttingen Neurobiology Report 1996, (eds. Elsner,
N. & Schnitzler, H.) Stuttgart:Thieme Verlag, p. 340.
16. Menzel, R., Geiger, K., Chittka,
L., Joerges, J., Kunze, J., and Mueller, U. (1996).
The knowledge base of bee navigation. Journal of
Experimental Biology, 199: 141-146.
15. Waser , N.M., Chittka, L.,
Price, M.V., Williams, N. & Ollerton, J. (1996).
Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters. Ecology,
77: 1043-1060.
1995
14. Chittka, L. & Geiger, K. (1995). Can honeybees count landmarks? Animal
Behaviour, 49: 159-164 (with commentary in New
Scientist).
13. Chittka, L. &
Geiger, K. (1995). Honeybee long-distance orientation in a
controlled environment. Ethology, 99: 117-126.
12. Chittka,
L., Kunze, J. & Geiger, K. (1995). The influences
of landmarks on distance estimation of honeybees. Animal
Behaviour, 50: 23-31.
11. Chittka,
L., Kunze, J., Shipman, C. & Buchmann, S.L.
(1995). The significance of landmarks for path integration of
homing honey bee foragers. Naturwissenschaften,
82: 341-343.
10. Giurfa, M., Nunez, J., Chittka,
L., & Menzel, R. (1995). Colour preferences of
flower-naive honeybees. Journal of Comparative
Physiology A, 177: 247-259.
1994
9. Chittka, L., Shmida, A., Troje, N. & Menzel, R. (1994).
Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the
colour perception of hymenoptera. Vision Research,
34: 1489-1508.
1993
8. Chittka, L. (1993) The colour perception of Hymenoptera, the colours of flowers, and their evolutionary and ecological relationship. PhD Dissertation, Free University of Berlin.
7. Chittka, L., Vorobyev, M., Shmida, A. & Menzel, R.
(1993). Bee colour vision - the optimal system for the
discrimination of flower colours with three spectral
photoreceptor types? In: Sensory Systems of Arthropods,
(edited by Wiese, K., Gribakin, F.G., Popov, A.V. and
Renninger, G.) Basel/Switzerland:Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 211-218.
1992
6. Chittka, L. (1992).
The color hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on
photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of
colour opponency. Journal of Comparative Physiology A,
170: 533-543.
5. Chittka, L., Beier, W., Hertel, H., Steinmann, E. &
Menzel, R. (1992). Opponent colour coding is a universal
strategy to evaluate the photoreceptor inputs in hymenoptera.
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 170: 545-563.
4. Chittka,
L., Bonn, A., Geiger, K., Hellstern, F., Klein, J.,
Koch, G., Meuser, S. & Menzel, R. (1992). Do bees navigate by
means of snapshot memory pictures? In: Rhythmogenesis in
neurons and networks: Proceedings of the 20th Göttingen
Neurobiology Conference, (edited by Elsner, N. and
Richter), D.W.Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, p. 694.
3. Chittka, L. & Menzel,
R. (1992). The evolutionary adaptation of flower colors and
the insect pollinators' color vision systems. Journal
of Comparative Physiology A 171:171-181.
1990
2. Menzel, R., Chittka, L., Eichmüller,
S., Geiger, K., Peitsch, D. & Knoll, P. (1990). Dominance
of celestial cues over landmarks disproves map-like
orientation in honey bees. Zeitschrift
für Naturforschung 45c:723-726.
1988
1. Chittka, L., Hoffmann, M. & Menzel, R.
(1988). Discrimination of UV-green patterns in honey bees.
In: Sense organs, (edited by Elsner, N. and
Barth), F.G.Stuttgart: Thieme, p. 218.
Jeremy Hance. (2010). Uncovering the intelligence of insects, an interview with Lars Chittka. mongabay.com. June 29, 2010.http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0629-hance_chittka.html
Molet, M., Chittka, L. &
Raine N. (2009). Bumblebee Foraging
Pheromones. Bee Craft July 2009:
20.
Döring, T.F., Hardie, J., Leather, S., Spaethe, J. & Chittka
L. (2008). Can aphids play football? Antenna, 32: 146-147.
Döring, T.F. & Chittka, L. (2007). Lesley Goodman award public lecture series on insect vision. Antenna, 31:
187-189.
Chittka, L. (2007). Seeing red by
accident? Planet Earth, pp. 30-31.
Chittka, L. & Walker, J. (2007).
Insects as art lovers: Bees for Van Gogh. Antennae, 2: 37-42.
Whitney, H. & Chittka, L. (2007). Warm Flowers, Happy pollinators. Biologist,
54: 154-159.
Chittka, L. & Walker, J. (2006). Do bees like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers? Optics
and Laser Technology, 38: 323-328 (with coverage on BBC and ABC news,
Science , New Scientist, Art Monthly, The Times, and multiple radio stations).
Chittka, L. & Dornhaus, A. (1999).
Comparisons in physiology and evolution, and why bees can do the things they do. Ciencia al Dia International, 2: 1-17.
(electronic publication).
http://www.ciencia.cl/CienciaAlDia/volumen2/numero2/articulos/articulo5.html
Chittka, L. & Mesoudi, A. (2011). A review of: Honeybee Democracy. Seeley, Thomas D. Princeton University Press,
2010. Science, 331:401.
Chittka, L. (2007). A review of: Letters from the Hive – An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind. Buchmann S & Banning R. Entomologia generalis, 29:164.
Chittka, L. (2007). A review of: Asian Honey Bees – Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions. Oldroyd BP & Wongsiri S. Entomologia generalis, 29:284.
Chittka, L. (2007). A review of: A Field Guide in Colour to Bees and Wasps. Zahradnik J & Severa F. Entomologia generalis, 29:134.
Chittka, L. (2007). A review of: Bumblebees. Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA. Entomologia generalis, 29:123.
Chittka, L. (2007). A review of: Bumblebees – Behaviour and Ecology. Goulson DG. Entomologia generalis, 29:134.
Chittka, L. (2003).Plants and animals,
forever entangled. A review of: “Plant-Animal Interactions”. C. Herrera
& O. Pellmyr (eds.). Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18: 12-13.
Chittka, L. (1999). Spatial Representation in Animals. Sue Healy (ed.).
Animal Behaviour, 57: 735-736.
Chittka, L. (1999). Learning and Adaptation. A review of: "Cognitive Ecology:
The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making". Reuven
Dukas (ed.). Quaterly Review of Biology, 74: 326-327.