Prof Lars Chittka
Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
animal cognition, sensory systems, pollination ecology, social insects, animal consciousness, animal welfare
Interests
Work in the Chittka lab is poised at the intersection between sensory physiology and learning psychology on the one hand, and evolutionary ecology on the other. Why do animals have the sensory systems they do? How do they use them in their natural foraging environment? How do cognitive-behavioural processes function in the economy of nature? Pollinator-plant interactions have been used as a model system to study these questions. Bees have been the organisms of choice in most of these studies, because their colonies can be easily kept, their experience can be readily controlled, they have a rich behavioural repertoire and amazing learning capacities. Members of the team have been particularly interested in mutual evolutionary and ecological influences of insect colour vision and flower colour signals, and insect learning and flower advertising. In addition, they have studied bee navigation, including the question of how bees use spatial memory to navigate among several rewarded sites. Recently, Chittka has also become interested in the question of consciousness in insects and its welfare implications. Work in the Chittka lab has made use of field studies, as well as experimental studies with computer-controlled behavioural tests, computer simulations, and phylogenetic analyses.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and Behaviour2024
Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognitionAlessandroni N, Altschul D, Baumgartner HA, Bazhydai M, Brosnan SF, Byers-Heinlein K, Call J, Chittka L, Elsherif M, Espinosa J, Freeman MS, Gjoneska B, Güntürkün O, Huber L, Krasheninnikova A, Mazza V, Miller R, Moreau D, Nawroth C, Pronizius E, et al.
Nature Human Behaviour, Springer Nature, 1-3.
18-12-2024
Does bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension?Wen C, Lu Y, Solvi C, Dong S, Wang C, Wen X, Xiao H, Wen J, Peng F and Chittka L
Elife vol. 13
18-09-2024
Behaviour of honeybees integrated into bumblebee nests and the responses of their hostsRomero-González JE, Solvi C, Peng F and Chittka L
Apidologie, Springer Nature vol. 55 (4)
09-07-2024
Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebeesGibbons M, Pasquini E, Kowalewska A, Read E, Gibson S, Crump A, Solvi C, Versace E and Chittka L
Iscience, Elsevier vol. 27 (8)
02-07-2024
Bumblebees attend to both the properties of the string and the target in string‐pulling tasks, but prioritize the features of the stringZhou D, Dong S, Ge J, Chittka L, Wang C, Wen C and Wen J
Insect Science, Wiley
01-05-2024
Bumble bees’ food preferences are jointly shaped by rapid evaluation of nectar sugar concentration and viscosityZhou Y, Ding S, Liao C, Wu J, Chittka L, Solvi C and Peng F
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 210, 419-427.
01-04-2024
Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate aloneChittka L, Bridges A, Royka A, Wilson T, Lockwood C, Richter J and Juusola M
Nature, Nature Research
06-03-2024
Bumblebee social learning outcomes correlate with their flower-facing behaviourLu Y, Zhuo Z, Roper M, Chittka L, Solvi C, Peng F and Zhou Y
Animal Cognition, Springer Nature vol. 27 (1)
01-01-2024
2023
Bumblebees display stimulus-specific persistence behaviour after being trained on delayed reinforcementZhou Y, MaBouDi H, Peng C, Dona HSG, Al-Khudhairy SG, Chittka L, Solvi C and Peng F
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer Nature vol. 78 (1)
27-12-2023
La vie intérieure des insectesChittka L
Pour La Science, Cairn vol. N° 554 – décembre (12), 62-70.
05-12-2023
The Inner Lives of Insects: Bees and other insects are far more cognitively complex than previously thought-a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications.Chittka L
Scientific American, Springer Nature vol. 329 (1)
01-07-2023
Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare?Crump A, Gibbons M, Barrett M, Birch J and Chittka L
Plos Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 21 (6)
01-06-2023
Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb constructionGallo V, Bridges AD, Woodgate JL and Chittka L
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 209 (5), 793-805.
10-05-2023
NimbleAI: Towards Neuromorphic Sensing-Processing 3D-integrated ChipsIturbe X, Abderrahmane N, Abella J, Alcaide S, Beyne E, Charles H-P, Charpin-Nicolle C, Chittka L, Dávila A, Erdmann A, Estrada C, Fernández A, Fontanelli A, Flich J, Furano G, Gloriani AH, Isusquiza E, Grosu R, Hernández C, Ielmini D, et al.
2023 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE). vol. 00, 1-6.
19-04-2023
Bees learn to dance.Chittka L and Rossi N
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science vol. 379 (6636), 985-986.
09-03-2023
Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learningBridges AD, MaBouDi H, Procenko O, Lockwood C, Mohammed Y, Kowalewska A, González JER, Woodgate JL and Chittka L
Plos Biology, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 21 (3)
07-03-2023
Escaping anthropocentrism in the study of non-human culture: Comment on “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew WhitenBridges AD and Chittka L
Physics of Life Reviews, Elsevier vol. 44, 267-269.
02-02-2023
2022
Do bumble bees play?Dona HSG, Solvi C, Kowalewska A, Mäkelä K, MaBouDi H and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 194, 239-251.
01-12-2022
Editorial: Comparative animal consciousnessIrwin LN, Chittka L, Jablonka E and Mallatt J
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 16
19-10-2022
Bumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settingsSolvi C, Zhou Y, Feng Y, Lu Y, Roper M, Sun L, Reid RJ, Chittka L, Barron AB and Peng F
Elife, Elife vol. 11
27-09-2022
Motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumblebeesGibbons M, Versace E, Crump A, Baran B and Chittka L
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (31)
26-07-2022
Descending control of nociception in insects?Gibbons M, Sarlak S and Chittka L
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 289 (1978)
06-07-2022
10 “Personality” Differences between BeesChittka L
In The Mind of a Bee, De Gruyter 165-187.
27-06-2022
12 Afterword: What our Knowledge of Bees’ Minds Means for Their ConservationChittka L
In The Mind of a Bee, De Gruyter 210-214.
27-06-2022
5 The Roots of Bee Intelligence and CommunicationChittka L
In The Mind of a Bee, De Gruyter 66-77.
27-06-2022
8 From Social Learning to “Swarm Intelligence”Chittka L
In The Mind of a Bee, De Gruyter 122-142.
27-06-2022
Discrimination of edge orientation by bumblebeesGuiraud M, Roper M, Wolf S, Woodgate JL and Chittka L
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 17 (6)
16-06-2022
Social cognition in insectsChittka L and Rossi N
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Elsevier vol. 26 (7), 578-592.
12-05-2022
Genomic Signatures of Recent Adaptation in a Wild BumblebeeColgan TJ, Arce AN, Gill RJ, Ramos Rodrigues A, Kanteh A, Duncan EJ, Li L, Chittka L and Wurm Y
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 39 (2)
01-02-2022
Central Place ForagingWoodgate JL and Chittka L
In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Springer Nature 1149-1153.
01-01-2022
Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidenceGibbons M, Crump A, Barrett M, Sarlak S, Birch J and Chittka L
Advances in Insect Physiology, Elsevier vol. 63, 155-229.
01-01-2022
A framework for evaluating evidence of pain in animalsGibbons M and Chittka L
Animal Sentience, Wellbeing International Publications vol. 7 (32)
01-01-2022
2021
Gut microbiome drives individual memory variation in bumblebeesChittka L, Li L, Solvi C, Zhang F, Qi Z and Zhao W
Nature Communications, Nature Research (Part of Springer Nature)
25-11-2021
Stigmergy versus behavioral flexibility and planning in honeybee comb constructionGallo V and Chittka L
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 118 (33)
12-08-2021
Bumble bees strategically use ground level linear features in navigationChittka L, Woodgate J, Brebner J, Makinson J, Olivia B, Rossi N, Lim K, Dubois T, Gómez-Moracho T and Lihoreau M
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier Masson
30-07-2021
Harmonic radar tracking reveals that honeybee drones navigate 2 between multiple aerial leksChittka L, Woodgate J, Makinson J, Rossi N, Rawlings C, Ka L and Reynolds A
Iscience, Elsevier (Cell Press)
20-05-2021
Animal Cognition: The Self-Image of a BumblebeeBrebner J and Chittka L
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 31 (4), r207-r209.
01-02-2021
Different Effects of Reward Value and Physical Saliency During Bumblebee Visual Search for Multiple Rewarding TargetsChittka L and Nityananda V
Animal Cognition, Springer (Part of Springer Nature)
30-01-2021
2020
Honey bees adjust colour preferences in response to concurrent social information from conspecifics and heterospecificsRomero-González JE, Solvi C and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 170, 219-228.
01-12-2020
Charles H. Turner, pioneer in animal cognitionGalpayage Dona HS and Chittka L
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 370 (6516), 530-531.
29-10-2020
Bumblebees Learn a Relational Rule but Switch to a Win-Stay/Lose-Switch Heuristic After Extensive TrainingMaBouDi H, Solvi C and Chittka L
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 14
12-08-2020
The secret lives of bees as horticulturists?Chittka L
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 368 (6493), 824-825.
22-05-2020
Bumblebees use sequential scanning of countable items in visual patterns to solve numerosity tasksChittka L
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Oxford University Press (Oup)
05-05-2020
Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary beesLoukola OJ, Gatto E, Híjar-Islas AC and Chittka L
Animal Biology, Brill Academic Publishers vol. 70 (2), 215-225.
06-04-2020
Bumble bees display cross-modal object recognition
between visual and tactile sensesSolvi C, Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy S and Chittka L
Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science vol. 367, 910-912.
21-02-2020
2019
Editorial: The Mechanisms of Insect CognitionChittka L, Giurfa M and Riffell JA
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers vol. 10
05-12-2019
Flower colour diversity seen through the eyes of pollinators. A commentary on: ‘Floral colour structure in two Australian herbaceous communities: it depends on who is looking’Arnold SEJ and Chittka L
Annals of Botany, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 124 (2), viii-ix.
24-09-2019
What is cognition?Bayne T, Brainard D, Byrne RW, Chittka L, Clayton N, Heyes C, Mather J, Ölveczky B, Shadlen M, Suddendorf T and Webb B
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 29 (13), r608-r615.
01-07-2019
Randomly weighted receptor inputs can explain the large diversity of colour-coding neurons in the bee visual systemVasas V, Peng F, MaBouDi H and Chittka L
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
06-06-2019
Temporal correlation of elevated PRMT1 gene expression with mushroom body neurogenesis during bumblebee brain developmentGuan C, Egertová M, Perry CJ, Chittka L and Chittka A
Journal of Insect Physiology, Elsevier vol. 116, 57-69.
27-04-2019
Harmonic radar tracking reveals random dispersal pattern of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queens after hibernationMakinson JC, Woodgate JL, Reynolds A, Capaldi EA, Perry CJ and Chittka L
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
20-03-2019
Caste- and pesticide-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebeesWURM Y and CHITTKA L
Molecular Ecology, Wiley
06-03-2019
Animal Behaviour: Conformity and the Beginnings of Culture in an InsectBridges AD and Chittka L
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 29 (5), r167-r169.
01-03-2019
A spatial network analysis of resource partitioning between bumblebees foraging on artificial flowers in a flight cagePasquaretta C, Jeanson R, Pansanel J, Raine NE, Chittka L and Lihoreau M
Movement Ecology, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1)
21-02-2019
2018
Insect-Inspired Sequential Inspection Strategy Enables an Artificial Network of Four Neurons to Estimate NumerosityVasas V and Chittka L
Iscience, Elsevier vol. 11, 85-92.
14-12-2018
How foresight might support the behavioral flexibility of arthropodsPerry CJ and Chittka L
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Elsevier vol. 54, 171-177.
13-11-2018
Bumblebees Express Consistent, but Flexible, Speed-Accuracy Tactics Under Different Levels of Predation Threat.Wang M-Y, Chittka L and Ings TC
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media vol. 9, 1601-1601.
03-09-2018
High-Speed Videography Reveals How Honeybees Can Turn a Spatial Concept Learning Task Into a Simple Discrimination Task by Stereotyped Flight Movements and Sequential Inspection of Pattern Elements.Guiraud M, Roper M and Chittka L
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media vol. 9, 1347-1347.
03-08-2018
The past, present and future of the beasts that may have made our brains Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees Thor Hanson (Basic Books, New York, NY; 2018) ISBN: 978-0-465-05261-5Chittka L
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 28 (13), r722-r723.
01-07-2018
Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patternsLawson DA, Chittka L, Whitney HM and Rands SA
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 285 (1880)
13-06-2018
Cognitive Aspects of Comb-Building in the Honeybee?Gallo V and Chittka L
Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media vol. 9, 900-900.
05-06-2018
The Importance of Spatial Visual Scene Parameters in Predicting Optimal Cone Sensitivities in Routinely Trichromatic Frugivorous Old-World Primates.Matthews T, Osorio D, Cavallaro A and Chittka L
Front Comput Neurosci vol. 12, 15-15.
27-03-2018
Adaptive learning in non-social insects: from theory to field work, and backNieberding CM, Van Dyck H and Chittka L
Current Opinion in Insect Science, Elsevier vol. 27, 75-81.
27-03-2018
Large-scale transcriptome changes in the process of long-term visual memory formation in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.Li L, Su S, Perry CJ, Elphick MR, Chittka L and Søvik E
Sci Rep vol. 8 (1), 534-534.
11-01-2018
Bumblebee social learning can lead to suboptimal foraging choicesAvarguès-Weber A, Lachlan R and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 135, 209-214.
01-01-2018
Counting insects.Skorupski P, MaBouDi H, Galpayage Dona HS and Chittka L
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, Royal Society Publishing vol. 373 (1740)
01-01-2018
Central Place ForagingWoodgate JL and Chittka L
In Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, Springer Nature 1-4.
01-01-2018
2017
Continuous Radar Tracking Illustrates the Development of Multi-destination Routes of Bumblebees.Woodgate JL, Makinson JC, Lim KS, Reynolds AM and Chittka L
Sci Rep, Https://Www.Nature.Com/Articles/S41598-017-17553-1 vol. 7 (1), 17323-17323.
11-12-2017
Color discrimination is not just limited by photoreceptor noise: a comment on Olsson et al.Vasas V, Brebner JS and Chittka L
Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 29 (2), 285-286.
08-12-2017
Active vision: A broader comparative perspective is neededChittka L and Skorupski P
Constructivist Foundations vol. 13 (1), 128-129.
15-11-2017
Associative visual learning by tethered bees in a controlled visual environment.Buatois A, Pichot C, Schultheiss P, Sandoz J-C, Lazzari CR, Chittka L, Avarguès-Weber A and Giurfa M
Sci Rep, Macmillan Publishers Limited, Part of Springer Nature vol. 7 (1), 12903-12903.
10-10-2017
A possible structural correlate of learning performance on a colour discrimination task in the brain of the bumblebeeLi L, MaBouDi H, Egertová M, Elphick MR, Chittka L and Perry CJ
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 284 (1864)
04-10-2017
Underwater image and video dehazing with pure haze region segmentationEMBERTON S, Chittka L and Cavallaro A
Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Elsevier
24-08-2017
The frontiers of insect cognitionPerry CJ, Barron AB and Chittka L
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier vol. 16, 111-118.
01-08-2017
Analysing plant–pollinator interactions with spatial movement networksPASQUARETTA C, JEANSON R, ANDALO C, CHITTKA L and LIHOREAU M
Ecological Entomology, Wiley vol. 42 (S1), 4-17.
01-08-2017
Olfactory learning without the mushroom bodies: Spiking neural network models of the honeybee lateral antennal lobe tract reveal its capacities in odour memory tasks of varied complexities.MaBouDi H, Shimazaki H, Giurfa M and Chittka L
Plos Comput Biol, Public Library of Science vol. 13 (6), e1005551-e1005551.
22-06-2017
A Simple Computational Model of the Bee Mushroom Body Can Explain Seemingly Complex Forms of Olfactory Learning and MemoryPeng F and Chittka L
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 27 (11)
01-06-2017
Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features.Baracchi D, Marples A, Jenkins AJ, Leitch AR and Chittka L
Sci Rep vol. 7 (1), 1951-1951.
16-05-2017
Sheep in wolf's clothing: multicomponent traits enhance the success of mimicry in spider-mimicking mothsWang M-Y, Vasas V, Chittka L and Yen S-H
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 127, 219-224.
01-05-2017
Multispectral images of flowers reveal the adaptive significance of using long-wavelength-sensitive receptors for edge detection in bees.Vasas V, Hanley D, Kevan PG and Chittka L
J Comp Physiol a Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol vol. 203 (4), 301-311.
17-03-2017
Bumblebees show cognitive flexibility by improving upon an observed complex behaviourCHITTKA L, Perry C, Loukola O and Coscos L
Science, Aaas
17-02-2017
Insect Bio-inspired Neural Network Provides New Evidence on How Simple Feature Detectors Can Enable Complex Visual Generalization and Stimulus Location Invariance in the Miniature Brain of Honeybees.Roper M, Fernando C and Chittka L
Plos Comput Biol vol. 13 (2), e1005333-e1005333.
03-02-2017
What Can Bee Scanning Tell Us About Visual Pattern RecognitionGuiraud M, Maboudi H, Aniculaesei TC and Chittka L
PERCEPTION. vol. 46 (10), 1231-1231.
01-01-2017
2016
Correction: Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an Insect.Alem S, Perry CJ, Zhu X, Loukola OJ, Ingraham T, Søvik E and Chittka L
Plos Biol vol. 14 (12), e1002589-e1002589.
29-12-2016
A simple computational model of the bee mushroom body can explain seemingly complex forms of olfactory learning and memoryCHITTKA L
Current Biology, Elsevier (Cell Press) vol. in press
22-12-2016
Alarm substances induce associative social learning in honeybees, Apis melliferaDawson EH, Chittka L and Leadbeater E
Animal Behaviour vol. 122, 17-22.
01-12-2016
Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an InsectCHITTKA L, Perry CJ, Alem S, Loukola OJ, Xingfu Z, Sovik E and Ingraham T
Plos Biology, Public Library of Science
04-10-2016
Evolving understanding of nervous system evolutionNiven JE and Chittka L
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 26 (20), r937-r941.
01-10-2016
Unexpected rewards induce
dopamine-dependent positive
emotion–like state changes
in bumblebeesCHITTKA L, Perry CJ and Baciadonna L
Science, Science Magazine vol. 353 (6307), 1529-1531.
30-09-2016
Facial patterns in a tropical social wasp correlate with colony membership.Baracchi D, Turillazzi S and Chittka L
Naturwissenschaften, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 103 (9-10), 80-80.
17-09-2016
Life-Long Radar Tracking of BumblebeesWoodgate JL, Makinson JC, Lim KS, Reynolds AM and Chittka L
Plos One, Public Library of Science vol. 11 (8), e0160333-e0160333. Editors: Pratt SC.
04-08-2016
Signatures of a globally optimal searching strategy in the three-dimensional foraging flights of bumblebeesLihoreau M, Ings TC, Chittka L and Reynolds AM
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group: Open Access Journals - Option C vol. 6, 30401-30401.
27-07-2016
Copy-when-uncertain: bumblebees rely on social information when rewards are highly variableSmolla M, Alem S, Chittka L and Shultz S
Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 12 (6), 20160188-20160188.
01-06-2016
Editorial overview: Behavioural ecology—molecular and neural mechanisms underpinning adaptive behaviour in insectsChittka L
Current Opinion in Insect Science, Elsevier vol. 15, vii-ix.
10-05-2016
Flower Iridescence Increases Object Detection in the Insect Visual System without Compromising Object Identity.Whitney HM, Reed A, Rands SA, Chittka L and Glover BJ
Curr Biol vol. 26 (6), 802-808.
21-03-2016
Monitoring Flower Visitation Networks and Interactions between Pairs of Bumble Bees in a Large Outdoor Flight CageLihoreau M, Chittka L and Raine NE
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 11 (3)
16-03-2016
Male bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, perform equally well as workers in a serial colour-learning taskWolf S and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 111, 147-155.
01-01-2016
A Neural Network Model for the Dynamics of Orientation Selectivity Neurons in the Bee Visual SystemMaboudi H and Chittka L
Perception vol. 45 (6), 690-691.
01-01-2016
2015
Sensor Capability and Atmospheric Correction in Ocean Colour Remote SensingEmberton S, Chittka L, Cavallaro A and Wang M
Remote Sensing, Mdpi vol. 8 (1)
22-12-2015
Behavioural evidence for self-medication in bumblebees?Baracchi D, Brown MJF and Chittka L
F1000research, F1000research vol. 4
29-10-2015
Modality-specific attention in foraging bumblebeesNityananda V and Chittka L
Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 2 (10)
01-10-2015
The effect of polyploidy and hybridization on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)McCarthy EW, Arnold SEJ, Chittka L, Le Comber SC, Verity R, Dodsworth S, Knapp S, Kelly LJ, Chase MW, Baldwin IT, Kovařík A, Mhiri C, Taylor L and Leitch AR
Annals of Botany, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 115 (7), 1117-1131.
15-05-2015
Speed–accuracy trade-offs and individually consistent decision making by individuals and dyads of zebrafish in a colour discrimination taskWang M-Y, Brennan CH, Lachlan RF and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 103, 277-283.
01-05-2015
Weak and contradictory effects of self-medication with nectar nicotine by parasitized bumblebeesBaracchi D, Brown MJF and Chittka L
F1000research, F1000research vol. 4
19-03-2015
Bumblebees utilize floral cues differently on vertically and horizontally arranged flowersWolf S, Roper M and Chittka L
Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 26 (3), 773-781.
06-03-2015
The influence of past experience with flower reward quality on social learning in bumblebeesJones PL, Ryan MJ and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 101, 11-18.
01-03-2015
Merging of Long-Term Memories in an InsectHunt KL and Chittka L
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 25 (6), 741-745.
26-02-2015
Honeybees ( Apis mellifera) exhibit flexible visual search strategies for vertical targets presented at various heightsMorawetz L, Chittka L and Spaethe J
F1000research, F1000research vol. 3
12-02-2015
Speed and accuracy in nest-mate recognition: A hover wasp prioritizes face recognition over colony odour cues to minimize intrusion by outsidersBaracchi D, Petrocelli I, Chittka L, Ricciardi G and Turillazzi S
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 282 (1802)
04-02-2015
The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organizationSadd BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, Gadau J, Grimmelikhuijzen CJ, Hasselmann M, Lozier JD, Robertson HM, Smagghe G, Stolle E, Van Vaerenbergh M, Waterhouse RM, Bornberg-Bauer E, Klasberg S, Bennett AK, Câmara F, Guigó R, et al.
Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1)
01-01-2015
Hierarchical rank-based veiling light estimation for underwater dehazingEmberton S, Chittka L and Cavallaro A
Procedings of the British Machine Vision Conference 2015., 125.1-125.12.
01-01-2015
2014
Local enhancement or stimulus enhancement? Bumblebee social learning results in a specific pattern of flower preferenceAvarguès-Weber A and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 97, 185-191.
01-11-2014
Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) use social information as an indicator of safety in dangerous environments.Dawson EH and Chittka L
Proc Biol Sci vol. 281 (1785)
22-06-2014
Effects of resource variation during early life and adult social environment on contest outcomes in burying beetles: a context-dependent silver spoon strategy?Hopwood PE, Moore AJ and Royle NJ
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 281 (1785)
22-06-2014
Colour constancy in insects.Chittka L, Faruq S, Skorupski P and Werner A
J Comp Physiol a Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol vol. 200 (6), 435-448.
01-06-2014
Can bees see at a glance?Nityananda V, Skorupski P and Chittka L
J Exp Biol vol. 217 (Pt 11), 1933-1939.
01-06-2014
Observational conditioning in flower choice copying by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): influence of observer distance and demonstrator movement.Avarguès-Weber A and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 9 (2)
01-01-2014
Bumblebee colour patterns and predation risk: a reply to Owen (2014)Chittka L and Raine NE
Journal of Zoology vol. 292 (2), 133-135.
01-01-2014
Interactions between innate color preferences, individual experience and social information in bumblebee foraging decisionsJones PL, Ryan MJ and Chittka L
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 54, E103-E103.
01-01-2014
Can bees see at a glance?Nityananda V, Skorupski P and Chittka L
Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 217 (11), 1933-1939.
01-01-2014
Strategies of the honeybee Apis mellifera during visual search for vertical targets presented at various heights: a role for spatial attention?Morawetz L, Chittka L and Spaethe J
F1000res vol. 3
01-01-2014
False memory susceptibility is correlated with categorisation ability in humans.Hunt K and Chittka L
F1000res vol. 3
01-01-2014
2013
Spatial memory in insect navigation.Collett M, Chittka L and Collett TS
Curr Biol vol. 23 (17), R789-R800.
09-09-2013
Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids.Papadopulos AST, Powell MP, Pupulin F, Warner J, Hawkins JA, Salamin N, Chittka L, Williams NH, Whitten WM, Loader D, Valente LM, Chase MW and Savolainen V
Proc Biol Sci vol. 280 (1765)
22-08-2013
The biological significance of color constancy: an agent-based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illumination.Faruq S, McOwan PW and Chittka L
J Vis vol. 13 (10)
20-08-2013
The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions.Clare EL, Schiestl FP, Leitch AR and Chittka L
Genome Biol vol. 14 (6)
24-06-2013
The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactionsClare EL, Schiestl FP, Leitch AR and Chittka L
Genome Biology
17-06-2013
Daily changes in ultraviolet light levels can synchronize the circadian clock of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).Chittka L, Stelzer RJ and Stanewsky R
Chronobiol Int vol. 30 (4), 434-442.
01-05-2013
Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model.Dawson EH, Avarguès-Weber A, Chittka L and Leadbeater E
Curr Biol, Currentbiology vol. 23 (8), 727-730.
22-04-2013
Neuroscience. Caffeine boosts bees' memories.Chittka L and Peng F
Science vol. 339 (6124), 1157-1159.
08-03-2013
Breaking Haller's rule: brain-body size isometry in a minute parasitic wasp.van der Woude E, Smid HM, Chittka L and Huigens ME
Brain Behav Evol vol. 81 (2), 86-92.
01-01-2013
Mechanisms of social learning across species boundariesAvargues-Weber A, Dawson EH and Chittka L
Journal of Zoology vol. 290 (1), 1-11.
01-01-2013
A simple iterative model accurately captures complex trapline formation by bumblebees across spatial scales and flower arrangements.Reynolds AM, Lihoreau M and Chittka L
Plos Comput Biol, Plos Computational Biology vol. 9 (3)
01-01-2013
Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees.Lihoreau M, Raine NE, Reynolds AM, Stelzer RJ, Lim KS, Smith AD, Osborne JL and Chittka L
Commun Integr Biol vol. 6 (1)
01-01-2013
Can bees simultaneously engage in adaptive foraging behaviour and attend to cryptic predators?Wang M-Y, Ings TC, Proulx MJ and Chittka L
Animal Behaviour vol. 86 (4), 859-866.
01-01-2013
Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of neotropical orchidsPapadopulos AST, Powell MP, Pupulin F, Warner J, Hawkins JA, Salamin N, Chittka L, Williams NH, Whitten WM, Loader D, Valente LM, Chase MW and Savolainen V
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 280 (1765)
01-01-2013
2012
Visual signals: color and light productionVukusic P and Chittka L
In The Insects, Cambridge University Press (Cup) 793-823.
12-11-2012
Epigenetics: the making of ant castes.Chittka A, Wurm Y and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 22 (19), R835-R838.
09-10-2012
An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insectsLihoreau M, Latty T and Chittka L
Frontiers in Physiology vol. 3 NOV
13-08-2012
Illumination preference, illumination constancy and colour discrimination by bumblebees in an environment with patchy light.Arnold SEJ and Chittka L
J Exp Biol vol. 215 (Pt 13), 2173-2180.
01-07-2012
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bumblebees Foraging under Predation RiskLenz F, Ings TC, Chittka L, Chechkin AV and Klages R
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 108 (9), 098103-098108.
01-03-2012
Bees do not use nearest-neighbour rules for optimization of multi-location routes.Lihoreau M, Chittka L, Le Comber SC and Raine NE
Biol Lett vol. 8 (1), 13-16.
23-02-2012
Cognition: Your face looks familiar.Chittka L and Dyer A
Nature vol. 481 (7380), 154-155.
11-01-2012
Conspecific and heterospecific information use in bumblebees.Dawson EH and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 7 (2)
01-01-2012
Colour-independent shape recognition of cryptic predators by bumblebeesIngs TC, Wang M-Y and Chittka L
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology vol. 66 (3), 487-496.
01-01-2012
Possible chemical mimicry of the European lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)Przybylowicz T, Roessingh P, Groot AT, Biesmeijer JCK, Oostermeijer JGBG, Chittka L and Gravendeel B
Contributions to Zoology vol. 81 (2), 103-110.
01-01-2012
What is comparable in comparative cognition?Chittka L, ROSSITER SJ, Skorupski P and Fernando C
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences vol. 367 (1603), 2677-2685.
01-01-2012
Radar tracking and motion-sensitive cameras on flowers reveal the development of pollinator multi-destination routes over large spatial scales.Lihoreau M, Raine NE, Reynolds AM, Stelzer RJ, Lim KS, Smith AD, Osborne JL and Chittka L
Plos Biol vol. 10 (9)
01-01-2012
No trade-off between learning speed and associative flexibility in bumblebees: a reversal learning test with multiple colonies.Raine NE and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 7 (9)
01-01-2012
An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects.Lihoreau M, Latty T and Chittka L
Front Physiol vol. 3
01-01-2012
Consistent Interindividual Differences in Discrimination Performance by Bumblebees in Colour, Shape and Odour Learning Tasks (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris)Muller H and Chittka L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 34 (1-2), 1-8.
01-01-2012
Merging of Long-Term Memories in an InsectLars C
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 6
01-01-2012
VISUAL SEARCH AND ATTENTION IN BUMBLEBEESLars C
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 6
01-01-2012
2011
Do inexperienced bumblebee foragers use scent marks as social information?Leadbeater E and Chittka L
Anim Cogn vol. 14 (6), 915-919.
01-11-2011
Cross-Modal Learning between Visual and Vibration Signals in Zebrafish Danio RerioWang M-Y and Chittka L
I-Perception, Sage Publications vol. 2 (8), 847-847.
01-10-2011
Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells?Whitney HM, Bennett KMV, Dorling M, Sandbach L, Prince D, Chittka L and Glover BJ
Ann Bot vol. 108 (4), 609-616.
01-09-2011
Animal behaviour: emotion in invertebrates?Mendl M, Paul ES and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 21 (12), R463-R465.
21-06-2011
Information processing in miniature brains.Chittka L and Skorupski P
Proc Biol Sci vol. 278 (1707), 885-888.
22-03-2011
Determining the contribution of epidermal cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic Antirrhinum lines.Whitney HM, Poetes R, Steiner U, Chittka L and Glover BJ
Plos One vol. 6 (3)
10-03-2011
Animal cognition: concepts from apes to bees.Chittka L and Jensen K
Curr Biol vol. 21 (3), R116-R119.
08-02-2011
Modelling the quantitative effects of colour vision applied to a foraging honey beeFaruq S, Chittka L and McOwan P
Perception vol. 40 (1), 105-105.
01-01-2011
Photoreceptor processing speed and input resistance changes during light adaptation correlate with spectral class in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens.Skorupski P and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 6 (10)
01-01-2011
Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of high-reward sites in traplining bumblebeesLihoreau M, Chittka L and Raine NE
Functional Ecology vol. 25 (6), 1284-1292.
01-01-2011
Insects as Art LoversCHITTKA L and Walker J
Artlink: Australian Contemporary Art Quarterly vol. 31 (4), 46-48. Editors: Britton S.
01-01-2011
Testing the biological significance of colour constancy in an agent based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illuminationFaruq S, Chittka L and Mcowan P
Perception vol. 40, 9-9.
01-01-2011
2010
FReD: the floral reflectance database--a web portal for analyses of flower colour.Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 5 (12)
10-12-2010
FReD: the floral reflectance database--a web portal for analyses of flower colour.Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 5 (12)
01-12-2010
Travel optimization by foraging bumblebees through readjustments of traplines after discovery of new feeding locations.Lihoreau M, Chittka L and Raine NE
Am Nat vol. 176 (6), 744-757.
01-12-2010
'Personality' in bumblebees: individual consistency in responses to novel colours?Muller H, Grossmann H and Chittka L
Anim Behav vol. 80 (6), 1065-1074.
01-12-2010
Effects of aposematic coloration on predation risk in bumblebees? A comparison between differently coloured populations, with consideration of the ultravioletStelzer RJ, Raine NE, Schmitt KD and Chittka L
J Zool vol. 282 (2), 75-83.
01-10-2010
Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Skorupski P and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 5 (8)
10-08-2010
Circadian foraging rhythms of bumblebees monitored by radio-frequency identification.Jürgen Stelzer R, Stanewsky R and Chittka L
J Biol Rhythms vol. 25 (4), 257-267.
01-08-2010
Reuse of identified neurons in multiple neural circuits.Niven JE and Chittka L
Behav Brain Sci vol. 33 (4)
01-08-2010
Bumblebee foraging rhythms under the midnight sun measured with radiofrequency identification.Stelzer RJ and Chittka L
Bmc Biol vol. 8
29-06-2010
Differences in photoreceptor processing speed for chromatic and achromatic vision in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.Skorupski P and Chittka L
J Neurosci vol. 30 (11), 3896-3903.
17-03-2010
Winter active bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) achieve high foraging rates in urban Britain.Stelzer RJ, Chittka L, Carlton M and Ings TC
Plos One vol. 5 (3)
05-03-2010
Bees use three-dimensional information to improve target detection.Kapustjansky A, Chittka L and Spaethe J
Naturwissenschaften vol. 97 (2), 229-233.
01-02-2010
A failed invasion? Commercially introduced pollinators in Southern FranceIngs TC, Ings NL, Chittka L and Rasmont P
Apidologie vol. 41 (1), 1-13.
01-01-2010
2009
Potential application of the bumblebee foraging recruitment pheromone for commercial greenhouse pollinationMolet M, Chittka L and Raine NE
Apidologie vol. 40 (6), 608-616.
01-11-2009
Response to Comment on Floral Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for Animal PollinatorsWhitney HM, Kolle M, Andrew P, Chittka L, Steiner U and Glover BJ
Science vol. 325 (5944)
28-08-2009
Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in animal decision making.Chittka L, Skorupski P and Raine NE
Trends Ecol Evol vol. 24 (7), 400-407.
01-07-2009
Bumble-bees learn the value of social cues through experience.Leadbeater E and Chittka L
Biol Lett vol. 5 (3), 310-312.
23-06-2009
Conical epidermal cells allow bees to grip flowers and increase foraging efficiency.Whitney HM, Chittka L, Bruce TJA and Glover BJ
Curr Biol vol. 19 (11), 948-953.
09-06-2009
Predator crypsis enhances behaviourally mediated indirect effects on plants by altering bumblebee foraging preferences.Ings TC and Chittka L
Proc Biol Sci vol. 276 (1664), 2031-2036.
07-06-2009
A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisIngs TC, Raine NE and Chittka L
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 63 (8), 1207-1218.
01-06-2009
Measuring the Adaptiveness of Social Insect Foraging StrategiesChittka L and Raine N
In Food Exploitation by Social Insects, Taylor & Francis 9-28.
21-05-2009
Flower colours along an alpine altitude gradient, seen through the eyes of fly and bee pollinatorsArnold SEJ, Savolainen V and Chittka L
Arthropod-Plant Inte vol. 3 (1), 27-43.
01-03-2009
Variability in sensory ecology: expanding the bridge between physiology and evolutionary biology.Dangles O, Irschick D, Chittka L and Casas J
Q Rev Biol vol. 84 (1), 51-74.
01-03-2009
How floral odours are learned inside the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nest.Molet M, Chittka L and Raine NE
Naturwissenschaften vol. 96 (2), 213-219.
01-02-2009
Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants.Ollerton J, Cranmer L, Stelzer RJ, Sullivan S and Chittka L
Naturwissenschaften vol. 96 (2), 221-232.
01-02-2009
Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators.Whitney HM, Kolle M, Andrew P, Chittka L, Steiner U and Glover BJ
Science vol. 323 (5910), 130-133.
02-01-2009
Social information use in foraging insectsCHITTKA L and Leadbeater E
In Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral and Theoretical Approaches, Crc Press 135-146. Editors: Jaraus S and Hrncir M.
01-01-2009
Bumblebee foraging pheromonesMolet M, Chittka L and Raine NE
Bee Craft vol. July 2009, 20-20.
01-01-2009
Measuring the adaptiveness of social insect foraging strategies - an empirical approachRAINE NE and CHITTKA L
In Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches, Crc Press 9-28. Editors: Hrncir M and Jarau S.
01-01-2009
Flower color phenology in European grassland and woodland habitats, through the eyes of pollinatorsArnold SEJ, Le Comber SC and Chittka L
Isr J Plant Sci vol. 57 (3), 211-230.
01-01-2009
Learning, specialization, efficiency and task allocation in social insects.Chittka L and Muller H
Commun Integr Biol vol. 2 (2), 151-154.
01-01-2009
2008
Animal personalities: the advantage of diversity.Muller H and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 18 (20), R961-R963.
28-10-2008
Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs and False Alarms in Bee Responses to Cryptic PredatorsIngs TC and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 18 (19), 1520-1524.
14-10-2008
Colony nutritional status modulates worker responses to foraging recruitment pheromone in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisMolet M, Chittka L, Stelzer RJ, Streit S and Raine NE
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 62 (12), 1919-1926.
01-10-2008
The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebeesWhitney HM, Dyer A, Chittka L, Rands SA and Glover BJ
Naturwissenschaften vol. 95 (9), 845-850.
01-09-2008
Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumble-beesLeadbeater E and Chittka L
P R Soc B vol. 275 (1643), 1669-1674.
22-07-2008
The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumble-bees.Raine NE and Chittka L
Proc Biol Sci vol. 275 (1636), 803-808.
07-04-2008
Can aphids play football?Doering TF, Hardie J, Leather S and Spaethe J
Antenna vol. 32, 146-148.
01-01-2008
2007
Cognitive dimensions of predator responses to imperfect mimicry?Chittka L and Osorio D
Plos Biol vol. 5 (12), 2754-2758.
01-12-2007
Mengen der Nektarerzeugung bei 75 von Hummeln besuchten Blumenarten in einem deutschen Pflanzenbestand (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris)Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomologia Generalis, Schweizerbart vol. 30 (2), 191-192.
04-09-2007
Kein Nachweis für Hummelbesuch der Kanarischen Vogelblumen (Hymenoptera: Apidae)Stelzer RJ, Ollerton J and Chittka L
Entomologia Generalis, Schweizerbart vol. 30 (2), 153-154.
04-09-2007
The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)Leadbeater E and Chittka L
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 61 (11), 1789-1796.
01-09-2007
Social learning in insects - From miniature brains to consensus buildingLeadbeater E and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 17 (16), R703-R713.
21-08-2007
Are autumn foliage colors red signals to aphids?Chittka L and Döring TF
Plos Biol vol. 5 (8)
01-08-2007
The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.Raine NE and Chittka L
Plos One vol. 2 (6)
20-06-2007
Pollen foraging: learning a complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)Raine NE and Chittka L
Naturwissenschaften vol. 94 (6), 459-464.
01-06-2007
Distinguishing signals and cues: bumblebees use general footprints to generate adaptive behaviour at flowers and nestSaleh N, Scott AG, Bryning GP and Chittka L
Arthropod-Plant Inte vol. 1 (2), 119-127.
01-06-2007
Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in island and mainland populations of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestrisSkorupski P, Doring TF and Chittka L
J Comp Physiol A vol. 193 (5), 485-494.
01-05-2007
Traplining in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): a foraging strategy's ontogeny and the importance of spatial reference memory in short-range foraging.Saleh N and Chittka L
Oecologia vol. 151 (4), 719-730.
01-04-2007
Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum majus flower colourDyer AG, Whitney HM, Arnold SEJ, Glover BJ and Chittka L
Arthropod-Plant Inte vol. 1 (1), 45-55.
01-03-2007
Visual ecology of aphids-a critical review on the role of colours in host findingDoring TF and Chittka L
Arthropod-Plant Inte vol. 1 (1), 3-16.
01-03-2007
Visual search and the importance of time in complex decision making by beesChittka L and Spaethe J
Arthropod-Plant Inte vol. 1 (1), 37-44.
01-03-2007
A review of: Bumblebees. Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA.CHITTKA L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 29, 123-123.
01-01-2007
Seeing red by accident?Chittka L
Planet Earth, Natural Environment Research Council vol. Autumn 2007, 30-31.
01-01-2007
No evidence for a visit of bumblebees to the Canarian bird-flower (Hymenoptera: Apidae)Stelzer RJ, Ollerton J and Chittka L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 30 (2), 153-154.
01-01-2007
A review of: Bumblebees – Behaviour and Ecology.CHITTKA L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 29, 314-314.
01-01-2007
A review of: Letters from the Hive – An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind. Buchmann S & Banning R.CHITTKA L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 29, 164-164.
01-01-2007
Flower constancy and memory dynamics in bumblebees (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus)Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 29 (2-4), 179-199.
01-01-2007
Nectar production rates of 75 bumblebee-visited flower species in a German flora (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus terrestris)Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 30 (2), 191-192.
01-01-2007
A review of: Asian Honey Bees – Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions. Oldroyd BP & Wongsiri S.CHITTKA L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 29, 284-284.
01-01-2007
Bumblebee visit in canary birdflowers (Hymenoptera : Apidae)Stelzer RJ, Ollerton J and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 30 (2), 153-154.
01-01-2007
A review of: A Field Guide in Colour to Bees and Wasps. Zahradnik J & Severa F.CHITTKA L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 29, 134-134.
01-01-2007
Insects as art lovers - bees for Van GoghChittka L and Walker J
Antennae vol. 2 (3), 37-42.
01-01-2007
2006
The importance of experience in the interpretation of conspecific chemical signalsSaleh N and Chittka L
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 61 (2), 215-220.
01-12-2006
Animal cognition: An insect's sense of time?Skorupski P and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 16 (19), R851-R853.
10-10-2006
Can commercially imported bumble bees out-compete their native conspecifics?Ings TC, Ward NL and Chittka L
J Appl Ecol vol. 43 (5), 940-948.
01-10-2006
Bees associate warmth with floral colourDyer AG, Whitney HM, Arnold SEJ, Glover BJ and Chittka L
Nature vol. 442 (7102), 525-525.
03-08-2006
Recognition of flowers by pollinatorsChittka L and Raine NE
Curr Opin Plant Biol vol. 9 (4), 428-435.
01-08-2006
Visual search and decision making in bees: time, speed and accuracySpaethe J, Chittka L and Skorupski P
International Journal of Comparative Psychology vol. 19, 342-357.
01-07-2006
Do bees like Van Gogh's Sunflowers?Chittka L and Walker J
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY. vol. 38 (4-6), 323-328.
01-06-2006
Social learning: Ants and the meaning of teachingLeadbeater E, Raine NE and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 16 (9), R323-R325.
09-05-2006
Benefits of recruitment in honey bees: effects of ecology and colony size in an individual-based modelDornhaus A, Klugl F, Oechslein C, Puppe F and Chittka L
Behav Ecol vol. 17 (3), 336-344.
01-05-2006
Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: complex versus simple flowersSaleh N, Ohashi K, Thomson JD and Chittka L
Anim Behav vol. 71, 847-854.
01-04-2006
Do honeybees detect colour targets using serial or parallel visual search?Spaethe J, Tautz J and Chittka L
J Exp Biol vol. 209 (Pt 6), 987-993.
01-03-2006
Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behaviorRaine NE, Ings TC, Dornhaus A, Saleh N and Chittka L
Adv Stud Behav vol. 36, 305-354.
01-01-2006
Intercolony variation in learning performance of a wild British bumblebee population (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus terrestris audax)Raine NE, Ings TC, Ramos-Rodriguez O and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 28 (4), 241-256.
01-01-2006
2005
Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomologia Generalis vol. 28 (2), 081-089.
19-12-2005
Honeybee (Apis mellifera) vision can discriminate between and recognise images of human facesDyer AG, Neumeyer C and Chittka L
J Exp Biol vol. 208 (24), 4709-4714.
01-12-2005
Social learning: Public information in insectsChittka L and Leadbeater E
Curr Biol vol. 15 (21), R869-R871.
08-11-2005
The role of UV in crab spider signals: effects on perception by prey and predators.Heiling AM, Cheng K, Chittka L, Goeth A and Herberstein ME
J Exp Biol vol. 208 (Pt 20), 3925-3931.
01-10-2005
Vergleich der Blütenstetigkeit und Sammelleistung von drei Hummel-Arten (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomologia Generalis, Schweizerbart vol. 28 (2), 81-89.
01-09-2005
Chemical compounds of the foraging recruitment pheromone in bumblebees.Granero AM, Sanz JMG, Gonzalez FJE, Vidal JLM, Dornhaus A, Ghani J, Serrano AR and Chittka L
Naturwissenschaften vol. 92 (8), 371-374.
01-08-2005
Bumblebees, humble pollinators or assiduous invaders? A population comparison of foraging performance in Bombus terrestris.Ings TC, Schikora J and Chittka L
Oecologia vol. 144 (3), 508-516.
01-07-2005
A new mode of information transfer in foraging bumblebees?Leadbeater E and Chittka L
Curr Biol vol. 15 (12), R447-R448.
21-06-2005
Analysis of pollen and nectar of Arbutus unedo as a food source for Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera : Apidae)Rasmont P, Regali A, Ings TC, Lognay G, Baudart E, Marlier M, Delcarte E, Viville P, Marot C, Falmagne P, Verhaeghe JC and Chittka L
J Econ Entomol vol. 98 (3), 656-663.
01-06-2005
Colouration in crab spiders: substrate choice and prey attractionHeiling AM, Chittka L, Cheng K and Herberstein ME
J Exp Biol vol. 208 (10), 1785-1792.
01-05-2005
Bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) store both food and information in honeypotsDornhaus A and Chittka L
Behav Ecol vol. 16 (3), 661-666.
01-05-2005
Perception space - The final frontierChittka L and Brockmann A
Plos Biol vol. 3 (4), 564-568.
01-04-2005
Seeing the light: illumination as a contextual cue to color choice behavior in bumblebees.Lotto RB and Chittka L
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 102 (10), 3852-3856.
08-03-2005
Flower colors as advertisement.CHITTKA L and Kevan PG
In Practical Pollination Biology, Enviroquest. 157-206. Editors: Dafni A, Kevan PG and Husband B.
01-01-2005
Mating preference in the commercially imported bumblebee species Bombus terrestris in Britain (Hymenoptera : Apidae)Ings TC, Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 28 (3), 233-238.
01-01-2005
Colour preferences in relation to the foraging performance and fitness of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.CHITTKA L and Raine NE
Uludag Bee Journal vol. 5 (4), 145-150.
01-01-2005
Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus)Raine NE and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 28 (2), 81-89.
01-01-2005
2004
Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviourChittka L, Ings TC and Raine NE
Population Ecology vol. 46 (3), 243-251.
01-12-2004
Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) sacrifice foraging speed to solve difficult colour discrimination tasks.Dyer AG and Chittka L
J Comp Physiol a Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol vol. 190 (9), 759-763.
01-09-2004
A receiver bias in the origin of three-spined stickleback mate choiceSmith C, Barber I, Wootton RJ and Chittka L
P Roy Soc B-Biol Sci vol. 271 (1542), 949-955.
07-05-2004
Fine colour discrimination requires differential conditioning in bumblebees.Dyer AG and Chittka L
Naturwissenschaften vol. 91 (5), 224-227.
01-05-2004
Bumblebee search time without ultraviolet light.Dyer AG and Chittka L
J Exp Biol vol. 207 (Pt 10), 1683-1688.
01-04-2004
Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.)Dornhaus A and Chittka L
Apidologie vol. 35 (2), 183-192.
01-03-2004
Why do honey bees dance?Dornhaus A and Chittka L
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 55 (4), 395-401.
01-02-2004
Biological significance of distinguishing between similar colours in spectrally variable illumination: bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as a case studyDyer AG and Chittka L
J Comp Physiol A vol. 190 (2), 105-114.
01-02-2004
Color vision in bees: mechanisms, ecology and evolution.CHITTKA L and Wells H
In Complex Worlds From Simpler Nervous Systems, Mit Press 165-192. Editors: Prete FR.
01-01-2004
2003
Interindividual variation of eye optics and single object resolution in bumblebeesSpaethe J and Chittka L
J Exp Biol vol. 206 (19), 3447-3453.
01-10-2003
Psychophysics - Bees trade off foraging speed for accuracyChittka L, Dyer AG, Bock F and Dornhaus A
Nature vol. 424 (6947), 388-388.
24-07-2003
The spectral input to honeybee visual odometryChittka L and Tautz J
J Exp Biol vol. 206 (14), 2393-2397.
01-07-2003
Pollinator attraction: Crab-spiders manipulate flower signals.Heiling AM, Herberstein ME and Chittka L
Nature vol. 421 (6921)
23-01-2003
Bumble bees alert to food with pheromone from tergal glandDornhaus A, Brockman A and Chittka L
J Comp Physiol A vol. 189 (1), 47-51.
01-01-2003
Plants and animals, forever entangled: Plant–Animal Interactions – An Evolutionary Approach edited by C.M. Herrera and O. PellmyrCHITTKA L
Trends in Ecology and Evolution. vol. 18 (1), 12-13.
01-01-2003
Plants and animals, forever entangled Plant–Animal Interactions – An Evolutionary Approach edited by C.M. Herrera and O. Pellmyr. Blackwell Science, 2002. £35.00 pbk (xi+313 pages) ISBN 0 632 05267 8Chittka L
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 18 (1), 12-13.
01-01-2003
2002
Influence of intermittent rewards in learning to handle flowers in bumblebees (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus impatiens)Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 26 (2), 85-91.
01-01-2002
2001
Food alert in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): possible mechanisms and evolutionary implicationsDornhaus A and Chittka L
Behav Ecol Sociobiol vol. 50 (6), 570-576.
01-11-2001
Limits to the salience of ultraviolet: Lessons from colour vision in bees and birdsKevan PG, Chittka L and Dyer AG
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. vol. 204 (14), 2571-2580.
01-07-2001
Visual constraints in foraging bumblebees: flower size and color affect search time and flight behavior.Spaethe J, Tautz J and Chittka L
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 98 (7), 3898-3903.
27-03-2001
Why sensory ecology needs to become more evolutionary - insect color vision as a case in point.CHITTKA L and Briscoe A
In Ecology of Sensing, Springer Verlag. 19-38. Editors: Barth FG and Schmid A.
01-01-2001
Camouflage of predatory crab spiders on flowers and the colour perception of bees (Aranida : Thomisidae/Hymenoptera : Apidae)Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 25 (3), 181-187.
01-01-2001
Pollinator individuality: when does it matter?CHITTKA L and Thomson JD
In Cognitive Ecology of Pollination : Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution, Cambridge University Press. 191-213. Editors: Chittka L and Thomson JD.
01-01-2001
Cognitive ecology of pollination : animal behavior and floral evolutionCHITTKA L and Thompson JD
01-01-2001
Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color visionSpaethe J, Schmidt A, Hickelsberger A and Chittka L
In Cognitive Ecology of Pollination : Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution, Cambridge University Press. 106-126. Editors: Thomson JD and Chittka L.
01-01-2001
The significance of the invasive crucifer species Bunias orientalis (Brassicaceae) as a nectar source for central European insectsSchurkens S and Chittka L
Entomol Gen vol. 25 (2), 115-120.
01-01-2001
The evolution of color vision in insects.Briscoe AD and Chittka L
Annu Rev Entomol vol. 46, 471-510.
01-01-2001
1999
Bees, White Flowers, and the Color Hexagon – A Reassessment? No, Not Yet Comments on the contribution by Vorobyev et al.Chittka L
The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 86 (12), 595-597.
01-12-1999
Evolutionary origins of bee dancesDornhaus A and Chittka L
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 401 (6748), 38-38.
01-09-1999
Floral colour diversity in plant communities, bee colour space and a null modelGumbert A, Kunze J and Chittka L
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 266 (1429), 1711-1716.
22-08-1999
Flower Constancy, Insect Psychology, and Plant EvolutionChittka L, Thomson JD and Waser NM
The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 86 (8), 361-377.
01-08-1999
Navigation without vision: bumblebee orientation in complete darknessChittka L, Williams NM, Rasmussen H and Thomson JD
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 266 (1414), 45-50.
07-01-1999
1998
Bedazzled by flowersWaser N and Chittka L
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 394 (6696), 835-836.
01-08-1998
Sensorimotor learning in bumblebees: Long-term retention and reversal trainingChittka L
Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 201 (4), 515-524.
01-02-1998
Bees travel novel homeward routes by integrating separately acquired vector memoriesMENZEL R, GEIGER K, JOERGES J, MÜLLER U and CHITTKA L
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 55 (1), 139-152.
01-01-1998
1997
Sensori-motor learning and its relevance for task specialization in bumble beesChittka L and Thomson JD
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer Nature vol. 41 (6), 385-398.
01-12-1997
WHY RED FLOWERS ARE NOT INVISIBLE TO BEESChittka L and Waser NM
Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers vol. 45 (2-3), 169-183.
13-05-1997
BEE COLOR VISION IS OPTIMAL FOR CODING FLOWER COLOR, BUT FLOWER COLORS ARE NOT OPTIMAL FOR BEING CODEDWHY?Chittka L
Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers vol. 45 (2-3), 115-127.
13-05-1997
Foraging dynamics of bumble bees: correlates of movements within and between plant speciesChittka L, Gumbert A and Kunze J
Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 8 (3), 239-249.
01-01-1997
1996
Why are there so many and so few white flowers?Kevan P, Giurfa M and Chittka L
Trends in Plant Science, Elsevier vol. 1 (8)
01-08-1996
Optimal Sets of Color Receptors and Color Opponent Systems for Coding of Natural Objects in Insect VisionChittka L
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Elsevier vol. 181 (2), 179-196.
01-07-1996
Generalization in Pollination Systems, and Why it MattersWaser NM, Chittka L, Price MV, Williams NM and Ollerton J
Ecology, Wiley vol. 77 (4), 1043-1060.
01-06-1996
Colour choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour perceptionLunau K, Wacht S and Chittka L
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 178 (4), 477-489.
01-04-1996
Does bee color vision predate the evolution of flower color?Chittka L
The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 83 (3), 136-138.
01-03-1996
The Knowledge Base of Bee NavigationMenzel R, Geiger K, Chittka L, Joerges J, Kunze J and Müller U
Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists vol. 199 (1), 141-146.
01-01-1996
Why are there so many and so few white flowers?Kevan P, Giurfa M and Chittka L
Trends in Plant Science vol. 1 (8), 280-284.
01-01-1996
The knowledge base of bee navigationMenzel R, Geiger K, Chittka L, Joerges J, Kunze J and Müller U
Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 199 (1), 141-146.
01-01-1996
1995
Colour preferences of flower-naive honeybeesGiurfa M, Núñez J, Chittka L and Menzel R
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 177 (3), 247-259.
01-09-1995
The significance of landmarks for path integration in homing honeybee foragersChittka L, Kunze J, Shipman C and Buchmann SL
The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 82 (7), 341-343.
01-07-1995
The influences of landmarks on distance estimation of honey beesCHITTKA L, GEIGER K and KUNZE J
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 50 (1), 23-31.
01-07-1995
Honeybee Long‐distance Orientation in a Controlled EnvironmentChittka L and Geiger K
Ethology, Wiley vol. 99 (1‐2), 117-126.
12-01-1995
HONEYBEE LONG-DISTANCE ORIENTATION IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTCHITTKA L and GEIGER K
Ethology vol. 99 (2), 117-126.
01-01-1995
Can honey bees count landmarks?Chittka L and Geiger K
Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 49 (1), 159-164.
01-01-1995
The influences of landmarks and distance estimation of honey bees (vol 50, pg 23, 1995)Chittka L
Animal Behaviour vol. 50, 1709-1710.
01-01-1995
1994
Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the colour perception of hymenopteraChittka L, Shmida A, Troje N and Menzel R
Vision Research, Elsevier vol. 34 (11), 1489-1508.
01-06-1994
1992
The evolutionary adaptation of flower colours and the insect pollinators' colour visionChittka L and Menzel R
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 171 (2), 171-181.
01-09-1992
The colour hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of colour opponencyChittka L
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 170 (5), 533-543.
01-06-1992
Opponent colour coding is a universal strategy to evaluate the photoreceptor inputs in HymenopteraChittka L, Beier W, Hertel H, Steinmann E and Menzel R
Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 170 (5), 545-563.
01-06-1992
1990
Dominance of Celestial Cues over Landmarks Disproves Map-Like Orientation in Honey BeesMenzel R, Chittka L, Eichmüller S, Geiger K, Peitsch D and Knoll P
Zeitschrift FüR Naturforschung C, De Gruyter vol. 45 (6), 723-726.
01-06-1990
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and BehaviourAddressing key evidence gaps in the science of insect sentienceLars Chittka
£719,449 Good Ventures Foundation
01-01-2024 - 31-12-2026
Foundations of Animal SentienceLars Chittka
£11,651 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-01-2020 - 31-12-2024
Brains on BoardLars Chittka and Rostyslav Dubrovka
£1,035,816 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
30-12-2016 - 30-06-2022
A Neural Circuit Approach to CognitionLars Chittka
£233,350 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
01-09-2014 - 31-08-2018
SpaceRadarPollinator ERC Advanced GrantLars Chittka
£1,548,713 EU European Commission - Other
01-04-2014 - 31-03-2019