Visual constraints in foraging bumblebees: flower size and color affect search time and flight behavior J Spaethe, J Tautz, L Chittka Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (7), 3898-3903, 2001 | 571 | 2001 |
Size variation and foraging rate in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) J Spaethe, A Weidenmüller Insectes sociaux 49, 142-146, 2002 | 287 | 2002 |
Interindividual variation of eye optics and single object resolution in bumblebees J Spaethe, L Chittka Journal of Experimental Biology 206 (19), 3447-3453, 2003 | 264 | 2003 |
Comparative psychophysics of bumblebee and honeybee colour discrimination and object detection AG Dyer, J Spaethe, S Prack Journal of Comparative Physiology A 194, 617-627, 2008 | 247 | 2008 |
Size determines antennal sensitivity and behavioral threshold to odors in bumblebee workers J Spaethe, A Brockmann, C Halbig, J Tautz Naturwissenschaften 94, 733-739, 2007 | 217 | 2007 |
Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color vision J Spaethe, A Schmidt, A Hickelsberger, L Chittka Cognitive ecology of pollination: animal behavior and floral evolution, 2001 | 216 | 2001 |
Honeybee odometry: performance in varying natural terrain J Tautz, S Zhang, J Spaethe, A Brockmann, A Si, M Srinivasan PLoS Biology 2 (7), e211, 2004 | 151 | 2004 |
Bigger is better: implications of body size for flight ability under different light conditions and the evolution of alloethism in bumblebees A Kapustjanskij, M Streinzer, HF Paulus, J Spaethe Functional Ecology 21 (6), 1130-1136, 2007 | 136 | 2007 |
Molecular characterization and expression of the UV opsin in bumblebees: three ommatidial subtypes in the retina and a new photoreceptor organ in the lamina J Spaethe, AD Briscoe Journal of Experimental Biology 208 (12), 2347-2361, 2005 | 113 | 2005 |
How to know which food is good for you: bumblebees use taste to discriminate between different concentrations of food differing in nutrient content FA Ruedenauer, J Spaethe, SD Leonhardt The Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (14), 2233-2240, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
Sex and caste-specific variation in compound eye morphology of five honeybee species M Streinzer, A Brockmann, N Nagaraja, J Spaethe PLoS One 8 (2), e57702, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
Hungry for quality—individual bumblebees forage flexibly to collect high-quality pollen FA Ruedenauer, J Spaethe, SD Leonhardt Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70, 1209-1217, 2016 | 109 | 2016 |
Floral colour signal increases short-range detectability of a sexually deceptive orchid to its bee pollinator M Streinzer, HF Paulus, J Spaethe Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (9), 1365-1370, 2009 | 109 | 2009 |
Beyond 9-ODA: SEX Pheromone Communication in the European Honey Bee Apis mellifera L. A Brockmann, D Dietz, J Spaethe, J Tautz Journal of chemical ecology 32, 657-667, 2006 | 109 | 2006 |
Do honeybees detect colour targets using serial or parallel visual search? J Spaethe, J Tautz, L Chittka Journal of experimental biology 209 (6), 987-993, 2006 | 102 | 2006 |
Best be(e) on low fat: linking nutrient perception, regulation and fitness FA Ruedenauer, D Raubenheimer, D Kessner‐Beierlein, ... Ecology Letters 23 (3), 545-554, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
Visual attention in a complex search task differs between honeybees and bumblebees L Morawetz, J Spaethe Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (14), 2515-2523, 2012 | 98 | 2012 |
Early duplication and functional diversification of the opsin gene family in insects J Spaethe, AD Briscoe Molecular Biology and Evolution 21 (8), 1583-1594, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
Blue colour preference in honeybees distracts visual attention for learning closed shapes L Morawetz, A Svoboda, J Spaethe, AG Dyer Journal of Comparative Physiology A 199, 817-827, 2013 | 79 | 2013 |
Integrating past and present studies on Ophrys pollination – a comment on Bradshaw et al. NJ Vereecken, M Streinzer, M Ayasse, J Spaethe, HF Paulus, J Stoekl, ... Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (4), 329-335, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |