Caution with colour calculations: spectral purity is a poor descriptor of flower colour visibility
Abstract
The colours of flowers are of key interest to plant and pollination biologists. An increasing number of studies have investigated the importance of saturation of flower colours (often called ‘spectral purity’ or ‘chroma’) for visibility to pollinators, but the conceptual, physiological and behavioural foundations for these metrics as well as the calculations used rest on slender foundations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 21, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1093/aob/mcac069
Entities
People
- Casper J van der Kooi
- Johannes Spaethe
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Bavarian Research Alliance
- University of Groningen
- University of Würzburg