The Adaptive Significance of Sensory Bias in a Foraging Context: Floral Colour Preferences in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

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Nigel E. Raine ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: n.e.raine@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Lars Chittka

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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About the Authors

Nigel E. Raine

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: n.e.raine@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Lars Chittka

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC. Performed the experiments: LC. Analyzed the data: NR. Wrote the paper: NR.

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Foraging
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Bumblebees
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