Modeling bee movement shows how a perceptual masking effect can influence flower discovery.

Understanding how pollinators move across space is key to understanding plant mating patterns. Bees are typically assumed to search for flowers randomly or using simple movement rules, so that the probability of discovering a flower should primarily depend on its distance to the nest. However, exper...

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Main Authors: Ana Morán, Mathieu Lihoreau, Alfonso Pérez-Escudero, Jacques Gautrais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010558