Multimodal cues provide redundant information for bumblebees
when the stimulus is visually salient, but facilitate red
target detection in a naturalistic background

J 2017

Multimodal cues provide redundant information for bumblebees when the stimulus is visually salient, but facilitate red target detection in a naturalistic background

TELLES, Jane Francismeire, Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ, Alejandro TRILLO and Maria Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ

Basic information

Original name

Multimodal cues provide redundant information for bumblebees when the stimulus is visually salient, but facilitate red target detection in a naturalistic background

Authors

TELLES, Jane Francismeire (724 Spain), Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ (724 Spain, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Alejandro TRILLO (724 Spain) and Maria Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ (724 Spain)

Edition

PLOS ONE, San Francisco, Public Library of Science, 2017, 1932-6203

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.766

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100324

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184760

UT WoS

000410449500047

Keywords in English

AFFECTS COLOR PREFERENCE; BOMBUS-TERRESTRIS; FLORAL SCENT; DECISION-MAKING; APIS-MELLIFERA; FORAGING SPEED; MIMICRY SYSTEM; RECEPTOR NOISE; SEARCH TIME; FLOWER SIZE

Abstract

V originále

Our understanding of how floral visitors integrate visual and olfactory cues when seeking food, and how background complexity affects flower detection is limited. Here, we aimed to understand the use of visual and olfactory information for bumblebees (Bombus terrestris terrestris L.) when seeking flowers in a visually complex background. To explore this issue, we first evaluated the effect of flower colour (red and blue), size (8, 16 and 32 mm), scent (presence or absence) and the amount of training on the foraging strategy of bumblebees (accuracy, search time and flight behaviour), considering the visual complexity of our background, to later explore whether experienced bumblebees, previously trained in the presence of scent, can recall and make use of odour information when foraging in the presence of novel visual stimuli carrying a familiar scent. Of all the variables analysed, flower colour had the strongest effect on the foraging strategy. Bumblebees searching for blue flowers were more accurate, flew faster, followed more direct paths between flowers and needed less time to find them, than bumblebees searching for red flowers. In turn, training and the presence of odour helped bees to find inconspicuous (red) flowers. When bees foraged on red flowers, search time increased with flower size; but search time was independent of flower size when bees foraged on blue flowers. Previous experience with floral scent enhances the capacity of detection of a novel colour carrying a familiar scent, probably by elemental association influencing attention.

Citovat

TELLES, Jane Francismeire, Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ, Alejandro TRILLO and Maria Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ. Multimodal cues provide redundant information for bumblebees when the stimulus is visually salient, but facilitate red target detection in a naturalistic background. PLOS ONE. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2017, vol. 12, No 9, p. nestránkováno, 22 pp. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184760.

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TELLES, Jane Francismeire, Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ, Alejandro TRILLO and Maria Guadalupe CORCOBADO MÁRQUEZ. Multimodal cues provide redundant information for bumblebees when the stimulus is visually salient, but facilitate red target detection in a naturalistic background. \textit{PLOS ONE}. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2017, vol.~12, No~9, p.~nestránkováno, 22 pp. ISSN~1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184760.

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