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
Chittka L, Bridges A, Royka A, Wilson T, Lockwood C, Richter J and Juusola M (2024). Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone. Nature, Nature Research 06-03-2024
Zhou Y, Ding S, Liao C, Wu J, Chittka L, Solvi C and Peng F (2024). Bumble bees’ food preferences are jointly shaped by rapid evaluation of nectar sugar concentration and viscosity. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier 01-02-2024
2023
Zhou Y, MaBouDi H, Peng C, Dona HSG, Al-Khudhairy SG, Chittka L, Solvi C and Peng F (2023). Bumblebees display stimulus-specific persistence behaviour after being trained on delayed reinforcement. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer Nature vol. 78 (1) 27-12-2023
Chittka L (2023). La vie intérieure des insectes. Pour la Science, CAIRN vol. N° 554 – décembre (12), 62-70. 05-12-2023
Chittka L (2023). Insect sentience. BSAVA Companion, British Small Animal Veterinary Association vol. 2023 (11), 24-25. 01-11-2023
Crump A, Gibbons M, Barrett M, Birch J and Chittka L (2023). Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare? PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 21 (6) 01-06-2023
Gallo V, Bridges AD, Woodgate JL and Chittka L (2023). Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 209 (5), 793-805. 10-05-2023
Iturbe 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). NimbleAI: Towards Neuromorphic Sensing-Processing 3D-integrated Chips. 2023 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE). 19-04-2023
Chittka L and Rossi N (2023). Bees learn to dance. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science vol. 379 (6636), 985-986. 09-03-2023
Bridges AD, MaBouDi H, Procenko O, Lockwood C, Mohammed Y, Kowalewska A, González JER, Woodgate JL and Chittka L (2023). Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning. PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 21 (3) 07-03-2023
Bridges AD and Chittka L (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 Whiten. Physics of Life Reviews, Elsevier vol. 44, 267-269. 02-02-2023
Chittka L (2023). The Doors of Animal Perception. American Scientist, Sigma Xi vol. 111 (1) 01-01-2023
Chittka L (2023). AN IMMENSE WORLD: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms around Us. AMERICAN SCIENTIST vol. 111 (1), 55-57. 01-01-2023
2022
Dona HSG, Solvi C, Kowalewska A, Mäkelä K, MaBouDi H and Chittka L (2022). Do bumble bees play? Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 194, 239-251. 01-12-2022
Irwin LN, Chittka L, Jablonka E and Mallatt J (2022). Editorial: Comparative animal consciousness. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 16 19-10-2022
Solvi C, Zhou Y, Feng Y, Lu Y, Roper M, Sun L, Reid RJ, Chittka L, Barron AB and Peng F (2022). Bumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settings. eLife, eLife vol. 11 27-09-2022
Gibbons M, Versace E, Crump A, Baran B and Chittka L (2022). Motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumblebees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (31) 26-07-2022
Gibbons M, Sarlak S and Chittka L (2022). Descending control of nociception in insects? Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 289 (1978) 06-07-2022
Chittka L (2022). 12 Afterword: What our Knowledge of Bees’ Minds Means for Their Conservation. The Mind of a Bee 210-214. 27-06-2022
Chittka L (2022). 5 The Roots of Bee Intelligence and Communication. The Mind of a Bee 66-77. 27-06-2022
Chittka L (2022). 8 From Social Learning to “Swarm Intelligence”. The Mind of a Bee 122-142. 27-06-2022
Guiraud M, Roper M, Wolf S, Woodgate JL and Chittka L (2022). Discrimination of edge orientation by bumblebees. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 17 (6) 16-06-2022
Chittka L and Rossi N (2022). Social cognition in insects. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Elsevier vol. 26 (7), 578-592. 12-05-2022
Colgan TJ, Arce AN, Gill RJ, Ramos Rodrigues A, Kanteh A, Duncan EJ, Li L, Chittka L and Wurm Y (2022). Genomic Signatures of Recent Adaptation in a Wild Bumblebee. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press vol. 39 (2) 01-02-2022
Woodgate JL and Chittka L (2022). Central Place Foraging. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior 1149-1153. 01-01-2022
Chittka L (2022). Personality Differences between Bees. NATURAL HISTORY vol. 130 (9), 16-23. 01-01-2022
Gibbons M, Crump A, Barrett M, Sarlak S, Birch J and Chittka L (2022). Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence. 01-01-2022
Gibbons M and Chittka L (2022). A framework for evaluating evidence of pain in animals. Animal Sentience, WellBeing International Publications vol. 7 (32) 01-01-2022
2021
Chittka L, Li L, Solvi C, Zhang F, Qi Z and Zhao W (2021). Gut microbiome drives individual memory variation in bumblebees. Nature Communications, Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) 25-11-2021
Gallo V and Chittka L (2021). Stigmergy versus behavioral flexibility and planning in honeybee comb construction. 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
Chittka L, Woodgate J, Brebner J, Makinson J, Olivia B, Rossi N, Lim K, Dubois T, Gómez-Moracho T and Lihoreau M (2021). Bumble bees strategically use ground level linear features in navigation. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier Masson 30-07-2021
Chittka L, Woodgate J, Makinson J, Rossi N, Rawlings C, Ka L and Reynolds A (2021). Harmonic radar tracking reveals that honeybee drones navigate 2 between multiple aerial leks. iScience, Elsevier (Cell Press) 20-05-2021
Brebner J and Chittka L (2021). Animal Cognition: The Self-Image of a Bumblebee. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 31 (4), r207-r209. 01-02-2021
Chittka L and Nityananda V (2021). Different Effects of Reward Value and Physical Saliency During Bumblebee Visual Search for Multiple Rewarding Targets. Animal Cognition, Springer (part of Springer Nature) 30-01-2021
2020
Romero-González JE, Solvi C and Chittka L (2020). Honey bees adjust colour preferences in response to concurrent social information from conspecifics and heterospecifics. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 170, 219-228. 01-12-2020
Galpayage Dona HS and Chittka L (2020). Charles H. Turner, pioneer in animal cognition. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 370 (6516), 530-531. 29-10-2020
MaBouDi H, Solvi C and Chittka L (2020). Bumblebees Learn a Relational Rule but Switch to a Win-Stay/Lose-Switch Heuristic After Extensive Training. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 14 12-08-2020
Chittka L (2020). The secret lives of bees as horticulturists? Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) vol. 368 (6493), 824-825. 22-05-2020
Chittka L (2020). Bumblebees use sequential scanning of countable items in visual patterns to solve numerosity tasks. Integrative and Comparative Biology, Oxford University Press (OUP) 05-05-2020
Loukola OJ, Gatto E, Híjar-Islas AC and Chittka L (2020). Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary bees. Animal Biology, Brill Academic Publishers vol. 70 (2), 215-225. 06-04-2020
Solvi C, Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy S and Chittka L (2020). Bumble bees display cross-modal object recognition
between visual and tactile senses. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science vol. 367, 910-912. 21-02-2020
2019
Chittka L, Giurfa M and Riffell JA (2019). Editorial: The Mechanisms of Insect Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers vol. 10 05-12-2019
Arnold SEJ and Chittka L (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’. Annals of Botany, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 124 (2), viii-ix. 24-09-2019
Bayne T, Brainard D, Byrne RW, Chittka L, Clayton N, Heyes C, Mather J, Ölveczky B, Shadlen M, Suddendorf T and Webb B (2019). What is cognition? Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 29 (13), r608-r615. 01-07-2019
Vasas V, Peng F, MaBouDi H and Chittka L (2019). Randomly weighted receptor inputs can explain the large diversity of colour-coding neurons in the bee visual system. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1) 06-06-2019
Guan C, Egertová M, Perry CJ, Chittka L and Chittka A (2019). Temporal correlation of elevated PRMT1 gene expression with mushroom body neurogenesis during bumblebee brain development. Journal of Insect Physiology, Elsevier vol. 116, 57-69. 27-04-2019
Makinson JC, Woodgate JL, Reynolds A, Capaldi EA, Perry CJ and Chittka L (2019). Harmonic radar tracking reveals random dispersal pattern of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queens after hibernation. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1) 20-03-2019
WURM Y and CHITTKA L (2019). Caste- and pesticide-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebees. Molecular Ecology, Wiley 06-03-2019
Bridges AD and Chittka L (2019). Animal Behaviour: Conformity and the Beginnings of Culture in an Insect. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 29 (5), r167-r169. 01-03-2019
Pasquaretta C, Jeanson R, Pansanel J, Raine NE, Chittka L and Lihoreau M (2019). A spatial network analysis of resource partitioning between bumblebees foraging on artificial flowers in a flight cage. Movement Ecology, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 21-02-2019
Chittka L and Wilson C (2019). Expanding Consciousness. American Scientist, Sigma Xi vol. 107 (6) 01-01-2019
2018
Vasas V and Chittka L (2018). Insect-Inspired Sequential Inspection Strategy Enables an Artificial Network of Four Neurons to Estimate Numerosity. iScience, Elsevier vol. 11, 85-92. 14-12-2018
Perry CJ and Chittka L (2018). How foresight might support the behavioral flexibility of arthropods. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Elsevier vol. 54, 171-177. 13-11-2018
Wang M-Y, Chittka L and Ings TC (2018). Bumblebees Express Consistent, but Flexible, Speed-Accuracy Tactics Under Different Levels of Predation Threat. Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media vol. 9, 1601-1601. 03-09-2018
Guiraud M, Roper M and Chittka L (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. Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media vol. 9, 1347-1347. 03-08-2018
Chittka L (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: 978-0-465-05261-5. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 28 (13), r722-r723. 01-07-2018
Lawson DA, Chittka L, Whitney HM and Rands SA (2018). Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 285 (1880) 13-06-2018
Gallo V and Chittka L (2018). Cognitive Aspects of Comb-Building in the Honeybee? Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers Media vol. 9, 900-900. 05-06-2018
Matthews T, Osorio D, Cavallaro A and Chittka L (2018). The Importance of Spatial Visual Scene Parameters in Predicting Optimal Cone Sensitivities in Routinely Trichromatic Frugivorous Old-World Primates. Front Comput Neurosci vol. 12, 15-15. 27-03-2018
Nieberding CM, Van Dyck H and Chittka L (2018). Adaptive learning in non-social insects: from theory to field work, and back. Current Opinion in Insect Science, Elsevier vol. 27, 75-81. 27-03-2018
Li L, Su S, Perry CJ, Elphick MR, Chittka L and Søvik E (2018). Large-scale transcriptome changes in the process of long-term visual memory formation in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. Sci Rep vol. 8 (1), 534-534. 11-01-2018
Avarguès-Weber A, Lachlan R and Chittka L (2018). Bumblebee social learning can lead to suboptimal foraging choices. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 135, 209-214. 01-01-2018
Skorupski P, MaBouDi H, Galpayage Dona HS and Chittka L (2018). Counting insects. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, Royal Society Publishing vol. 373 (1740) 01-01-2018
Woodgate JL and Chittka L (2018). Central Place Foraging. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior 1-4. 01-01-2018
2017
Woodgate JL, Makinson JC, Lim KS, Reynolds AM and Chittka L (2017). Continuous Radar Tracking Illustrates the Development of Multi-destination Routes of Bumblebees. Sci Rep, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17553-1 vol. 7 (1), 17323-17323. 11-12-2017
Vasas V, Brebner JS and Chittka L (2017). Color discrimination is not just limited by photoreceptor noise: a comment on Olsson et al. Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 29 (2), 285-286. 08-12-2017
Chittka L and Skorupski P (2017). Active vision: A broader comparative perspective is needed. Constructivist Foundations vol. 13 (1), 128-129. 15-11-2017
Buatois A, Pichot C, Schultheiss P, Sandoz J-C, Lazzari CR, Chittka L, Avarguès-Weber A and Giurfa M (2017). Associative visual learning by tethered bees in a controlled visual environment. Sci Rep, Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature vol. 7 (1), 12903-12903. 10-10-2017
Li L, MaBouDi H, Egertová M, Elphick MR, Chittka L and Perry CJ (2017). A possible structural correlate of learning performance on a colour discrimination task in the brain of the bumblebee. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 284 (1864) 04-10-2017
EMBERTON S, Chittka L and Cavallaro A (2017). Underwater image and video dehazing with pure haze region segmentation. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, Elsevier 24-08-2017
Perry CJ, Barron AB and Chittka L (2017). The frontiers of insect cognition. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier vol. 16, 111-118. 01-08-2017
PASQUARETTA C, JEANSON R, ANDALO C, CHITTKA L and LIHOREAU M (2017). Analysing plant–pollinator interactions with spatial movement networks. Ecological Entomology, Wiley vol. 42 (S1), 4-17. 01-08-2017
MaBouDi H, Shimazaki H, Giurfa M and Chittka L (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. PLoS Comput Biol, Public Library of Science vol. 13 (6), e1005551-e1005551. 22-06-2017
Peng F and Chittka L (2017). A Simple Computational Model of the Bee Mushroom Body Can Explain Seemingly Complex Forms of Olfactory Learning and Memory. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 27 (11) 01-06-2017
Baracchi D, Marples A, Jenkins AJ, Leitch AR and Chittka L (2017). Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features. Sci Rep vol. 7 (1), 1951-1951. 16-05-2017
Wang M-Y, Vasas V, Chittka L and Yen S-H (2017). Sheep in wolf's clothing: multicomponent traits enhance the success of mimicry in spider-mimicking moths. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 127, 219-224. 01-05-2017
Vasas V, Hanley D, Kevan PG and Chittka L (2017). Multispectral images of flowers reveal the adaptive significance of using long-wavelength-sensitive receptors for edge detection in bees. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol vol. 203 (4), 301-311. 17-03-2017
CHITTKA L, Perry C, Loukola O and Coscos L (2017). Bumblebees show cognitive flexibility by improving upon an observed complex behaviour. Science, aaas 17-02-2017
Roper M, Fernando C and Chittka L (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. PLoS Comput Biol vol. 13 (2), e1005333-e1005333. 03-02-2017
Guiraud M, Maboudi H, Aniculaesei TC and Chittka L (2017). What Can Bee Scanning Tell Us About Visual Pattern Recognition. 01-01-2017
2016
Alem S, Perry CJ, Zhu X, Loukola OJ, Ingraham T, Søvik E and Chittka L (2016). Correction: Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an Insect. PLoS Biol vol. 14 (12), e1002589-e1002589. 29-12-2016
CHITTKA L (2016). A simple computational model of the bee mushroom body can explain seemingly complex forms of olfactory learning and memory. Current Biology, Elsevier (Cell Press) vol. in press 22-12-2016
Dawson EH, Chittka L and Leadbeater E (2016). Alarm substances induce associative social learning in honeybees, Apis mellifera. Animal Behaviour vol. 122, 17-22. 01-12-2016
CHITTKA L, Perry CJ, Alem S, Loukola OJ, Xingfu Z, Sovik E and Ingraham T (2016). Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an Insect. PLoS Biology, Public Library of Science 04-10-2016
Niven JE and Chittka L (2016). Evolving understanding of nervous system evolution. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 26 (20), r937-r941. 01-10-2016
CHITTKA L, Perry CJ and Baciadonna L (2016). Unexpected rewards induce
dopamine-dependent positive
emotion–like state changes
in bumblebees. Science, Science Magazine vol. 353 (6307), 1529-1531. 30-09-2016
Baracchi D, Turillazzi S and Chittka L (2016). Facial patterns in a tropical social wasp correlate with colony membership. Naturwissenschaften, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 103 (9-10), 80-80. 17-09-2016
Woodgate JL, Makinson JC, Lim KS, Reynolds AM and Chittka L (2016). Life-Long Radar Tracking of Bumblebees., Editors: Pratt SC. PLoS One, Public Library of Science vol. 11 (8), e0160333-e0160333. 04-08-2016
Lihoreau M, Ings TC, Chittka L and Reynolds AM (2016). Signatures of a globally optimal searching strategy in the three-dimensional foraging flights of bumblebees. Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group: Open Access Journals - Option C vol. 6, 30401-30401. 27-07-2016
Smolla M, Alem S, Chittka L and Shultz S (2016). Copy-when-uncertain: bumblebees rely on social information when rewards are highly variable. Biology Letters, Royal Society, The vol. 12 (6), 20160188-20160188. 01-06-2016
Chittka L (2016). Editorial overview: Behavioural ecology—molecular and neural mechanisms underpinning adaptive behaviour in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, Elsevier vol. 15, vii-ix. 10-05-2016
Whitney HM, Reed A, Rands SA, Chittka L and Glover BJ (2016). Flower Iridescence Increases Object Detection in the Insect Visual System without Compromising Object Identity. Curr Biol vol. 26 (6), 802-808. 21-03-2016
Lihoreau M, Chittka L and Raine NE (2016). Monitoring Flower Visitation Networks and Interactions between Pairs of Bumble Bees in a Large Outdoor Flight Cage. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 11 (3) 16-03-2016
Wolf S and Chittka L (2016). Male bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, perform equally well as workers in a serial colour-learning task. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 111, 147-155. 01-01-2016
Maboudi H and Chittka L (2016). A Neural Network Model for the Dynamics of Orientation Selectivity Neurons in the Bee Visual System. PERCEPTION vol. 45 (6), 690-691. 01-01-2016
2015
Emberton S, Chittka L, Cavallaro A and Wang M (2015). Sensor Capability and Atmospheric Correction in Ocean Colour Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing, MDPI vol. 8 (1) 22-12-2015
Baracchi D, Brown MJF and Chittka L (2015). Behavioural evidence for self-medication in bumblebees? F1000Research, Faculty of 1000 vol. 4 29-10-2015
Nityananda V and Chittka L (2015). Modality-specific attention in foraging bumblebees. Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 2 (10) 01-10-2015
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 (2015). The effect of polyploidy and hybridization on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae). Annals of Botany, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 115 (7), 1117-1131. 15-05-2015
Wang M-Y, Brennan CH, Lachlan RF and Chittka L (2015). Speed–accuracy trade-offs and individually consistent decision making by individuals and dyads of zebrafish in a colour discrimination task. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 103, 277-283. 01-05-2015
Sadd 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. (2015). The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1) 24-04-2015
Baracchi D, Brown MJF and Chittka L (2015). Weak and contradictory effects of self-medication with nectar nicotine by parasitized bumblebees. F1000Research, Faculty of 1000 vol. 4 19-03-2015
Wolf S, Roper M and Chittka L (2015). Bumblebees utilize floral cues differently on vertically and horizontally arranged flowers. Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 26 (3), 773-781. 06-03-2015
Jones PL, Ryan MJ and Chittka L (2015). The influence of past experience with flower reward quality on social learning in bumblebees. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 101, 11-18. 01-03-2015
Hunt KL and Chittka L (2015). Merging of Long-Term Memories in an Insect. Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 25 (6), 741-745. 26-02-2015
Morawetz L, Chittka L and Spaethe J (2015). Honeybees ( Apis mellifera) exhibit flexible visual search strategies for vertical targets presented at various heights. F1000Research, Faculty of 1000 vol. 3 12-02-2015
Baracchi D, Petrocelli I, Chittka L, Ricciardi G and Turillazzi S (2015). Speed and accuracy in nest-mate recognition: A hover wasp prioritizes face recognition over colony odour cues to minimize intrusion by outsiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 282 (1802) 04-02-2015
Emberton S, Chittka L and Cavallaro A (2015). Hierarchical rank-based veiling light estimation for underwater dehazing. Procedings of the British Machine Vision Conference 2015. 01-01-2015
2014
Avarguès-Weber A and Chittka L (2014). Local enhancement or stimulus enhancement? Bumblebee social learning results in a specific pattern of flower preference. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 97, 185-191. 01-11-2014
Dawson EH and Chittka L (2014). Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) use social information as an indicator of safety in dangerous environments. Proc Biol Sci vol. 281 (1785) 22-06-2014
Hopwood PE, Moore AJ and Royle NJ (2014). Effects of resource variation during early life and adult social environment on contest outcomes in burying beetles: a context-dependent silver spoon strategy? Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 281 (1785) 22-06-2014
Chittka L, Faruq S, Skorupski P and Werner A (2014). Colour constancy in insects. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol vol. 200 (6), 435-448. 01-06-2014
Nityananda V, Skorupski P and Chittka L (2014). Can bees see at a glance? J Exp Biol vol. 217 (Pt 11), 1933-1939. 01-06-2014
Avarguès-Weber A and Chittka L (2014). Observational conditioning in flower choice copying by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): influence of observer distance and demonstrator movement. PLoS One vol. 9 (2) 01-01-2014
Chittka L and Raine NE (2014). Bumblebee colour patterns and predation risk: a reply to Owen (2014). JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY vol. 292 (2), 133-135. 01-01-2014
Nityananda V, Skorupski P and Chittka L (2014). Can bees see at a glance? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY vol. 217 (11), 1933-1939. 01-01-2014
Jones PL, Ryan MJ and Chittka L (2014). Interactions between innate color preferences, individual experience and social information in bumblebee foraging decisions. 01-01-2014
Morawetz L, Chittka L and Spaethe J (2014). Strategies of the honeybee Apis mellifera during visual search for vertical targets presented at various heights: a role for spatial attention? F1000Res vol. 3 01-01-2014
Hunt K and Chittka L (2014). False memory susceptibility is correlated with categorisation ability in humans. F1000Res vol. 3 01-01-2014
2013
Collett M, Chittka L and Collett TS (2013). Spatial memory in insect navigation. Curr Biol vol. 23 (17), R789-R800. 09-09-2013
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 (2013). Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids. Proc Biol Sci vol. 280 (1765) 22-08-2013
Faruq S, McOwan PW and Chittka L (2013). The biological significance of color constancy: an agent-based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illumination. J Vis vol. 13 (10) 20-08-2013
Clare EL, Schiestl FP, Leitch AR and Chittka L (2013). The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions. Genome Biol vol. 14 (6) 24-06-2013
Clare EL, Schiestl FP, Leitch AR and Chittka L (2013). The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions. Genome Biology 17-06-2013
Chittka L, Stelzer RJ and Stanewsky R (2013). Daily changes in ultraviolet light levels can synchronize the circadian clock of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Chronobiol Int vol. 30 (4), 434-442. 01-05-2013
Dawson EH, Avarguès-Weber A, Chittka L and Leadbeater E (2013). Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model. Curr Biol, CurrentBiology vol. 23 (8), 727-730. 22-04-2013
Chittka L and Peng F (2013). Neuroscience. Caffeine boosts bees' memories. Science vol. 339 (6124), 1157-1159. 08-03-2013
van der Woude E, Smid HM, Chittka L and Huigens ME (2013). Breaking Haller's rule: brain-body size isometry in a minute parasitic wasp. Brain Behav Evol vol. 81 (2), 86-92. 01-01-2013
Reynolds AM, Lihoreau M and Chittka L (2013). A simple iterative model accurately captures complex trapline formation by bumblebees across spatial scales and flower arrangements. PLoS Comput Biol, PLoS Computational Biology vol. 9 (3) 01-01-2013
Avargues-Weber A, Dawson EH and Chittka L (2013). Mechanisms of social learning across species boundaries. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY vol. 290 (1), 1-11. 01-01-2013
Lihoreau M, Raine NE, Reynolds AM, Stelzer RJ, Lim KS, Smith AD, Osborne JL and Chittka L (2013). Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees. Commun Integr Biol vol. 6 (1) 01-01-2013
Wang M-Y, Ings TC, Proulx MJ and Chittka L (2013). Can bees simultaneously engage in adaptive foraging behaviour and attend to cryptic predators? ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR vol. 86 (4), 859-866. 01-01-2013
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 (2013). Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of neotropical orchids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 280 (1765) 01-01-2013
2012
Vukusic P and Chittka L (2012). Visual signals: color and light production. The Insects 793-823. 12-11-2012
Chittka A, Wurm Y and Chittka L (2012). Epigenetics: the making of ant castes. Curr Biol vol. 22 (19), R835-R838. 09-10-2012
Lihoreau M, Latty T and Chittka L (2012). An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects. Frontiers in Physiology vol. 3 NOV 13-08-2012
Arnold SEJ and Chittka L (2012). Illumination preference, illumination constancy and colour discrimination by bumblebees in an environment with patchy light. J Exp Biol vol. 215 (Pt 13), 2173-2180. 01-07-2012
Lenz F, Ings TC, Chittka L, Chechkin AV and Klages R (2012). Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bumblebees Foraging under Predation Risk. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, American Physical Society vol. 108 (9), 098103-098108. 01-03-2012
Lihoreau M, Chittka L, Le Comber SC and Raine NE (2012). Bees do not use nearest-neighbour rules for optimization of multi-location routes. Biol Lett vol. 8 (1), 13-16. 23-02-2012
Chittka L and Dyer A (2012). Cognition: Your face looks familiar. Nature vol. 481 (7380), 154-155. 11-01-2012
Dawson EH and Chittka L (2012). Conspecific and heterospecific information use in bumblebees. PLoS One vol. 7 (2) 01-01-2012
Ings TC, Wang M-Y and Chittka L (2012). Colour-independent shape recognition of cryptic predators by bumblebees. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY vol. 66 (3), 487-496. 01-01-2012
Chittka L, ROSSITER SJ, Skorupski P and Fernando C (2012). What is comparable in comparative cognition? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences vol. 367 (1603), 2677-2685. 01-01-2012
Raine NE and Chittka L (2012). No trade-off between learning speed and associative flexibility in bumblebees: a reversal learning test with multiple colonies. PLoS One vol. 7 (9) 01-01-2012
Przybylowicz T, Roessingh P, Groot AT, Biesmeijer JCK, Oostermeijer JGBG, Chittka L and Gravendeel B (2012). Possible chemical mimicry of the European lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus). CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY vol. 81 (2), 103-110. 01-01-2012
Lihoreau M, Raine NE, Reynolds AM, Stelzer RJ, Lim KS, Smith AD, Osborne JL and Chittka L (2012). Radar tracking and motion-sensitive cameras on flowers reveal the development of pollinator multi-destination routes over large spatial scales. PLoS Biol vol. 10 (9) 01-01-2012
Lihoreau M, Latty T and Chittka L (2012). An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects. Front Physiol vol. 3 01-01-2012
Muller H and Chittka L (2012). Consistent Interindividual Differences in Discrimination Performance by Bumblebees in Colour, Shape and Odour Learning Tasks (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris). ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS vol. 34 (1-2), 1-8. 01-01-2012
Lars C (2012). Merging of Long-Term Memories in an Insect. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 6 01-01-2012
Lars C (2012). VISUAL SEARCH AND ATTENTION IN BUMBLEBEES. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Frontiers vol. 6 01-01-2012
2011
Leadbeater E and Chittka L (2011). Do inexperienced bumblebee foragers use scent marks as social information? Anim Cogn vol. 14 (6), 915-919. 01-11-2011
Wang M-Y and Chittka L (2011). Cross-Modal Learning between Visual and Vibration Signals in Zebrafish Danio Rerio. i-Perception, SAGE Publications vol. 2 (8), 847-847. 01-10-2011
Whitney HM, Bennett KMV, Dorling M, Sandbach L, Prince D, Chittka L and Glover BJ (2011). Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells? Ann Bot vol. 108 (4), 609-616. 01-09-2011
Mendl M, Paul ES and Chittka L (2011). Animal behaviour: emotion in invertebrates? Curr Biol vol. 21 (12), R463-R465. 21-06-2011
Chittka L and Skorupski P (2011). Information processing in miniature brains. Proc Biol Sci vol. 278 (1707), 885-888. 22-03-2011
Whitney HM, Poetes R, Steiner U, Chittka L and Glover BJ (2011). Determining the contribution of epidermal cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic Antirrhinum lines. PLoS One vol. 6 (3) 10-03-2011
Skorupski P and Chittka L (2011). Is colour cognitive? OPT LASER TECHNOL vol. 43 (2), 251-260. 01-03-2011
Chittka L and Jensen K (2011). Animal cognition: concepts from apes to bees. Curr Biol vol. 21 (3), R116-R119. 08-02-2011
Faruq S, Chittka L and McOwan P (2011). Modelling the quantitative effects of colour vision applied to a foraging honey bee. PERCEPTION vol. 40 (1), 105-105. 01-01-2011
CHITTKA L and Walker J (2011). Insects as Art Lovers., Editors: Britton S. Artlink: Australian contemporary art quarterly vol. 31 (4), 46-48. 01-01-2011
Skorupski P and Chittka L (2011). Photoreceptor processing speed and input resistance changes during light adaptation correlate with spectral class in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. PLoS One vol. 6 (10) 01-01-2011
Lihoreau M, Chittka L and Raine NE (2011). Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of high-reward sites in traplining bumblebees. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY vol. 25 (6), 1284-1292. 01-01-2011
Faruq S, Chittka L and Mcowan P (2011). Testing the biological significance of colour constancy in an agent based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illumination. PERCEPTION vol. 40, 9-9. 01-01-2011
2010
Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW and Chittka L (2010). FReD: the floral reflectance database--a web portal for analyses of flower colour. PLoS One vol. 5 (12) 10-12-2010
Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW and Chittka L (2010). FReD: the floral reflectance database--a web portal for analyses of flower colour. PloS one vol. 5 (12) 01-12-2010
Lihoreau M, Chittka L and Raine NE (2010). Travel optimization by foraging bumblebees through readjustments of traplines after discovery of new feeding locations. Am Nat vol. 176 (6), 744-757. 01-12-2010
Muller H, Grossmann H and Chittka L (2010). 'Personality' in bumblebees: individual consistency in responses to novel colours? ANIM BEHAV vol. 80 (6), 1065-1074. 01-12-2010
Stelzer RJ, Raine NE, Schmitt KD and Chittka L (2010). Effects of aposematic coloration on predation risk in bumblebees? A comparison between differently coloured populations, with consideration of the ultraviolet. J ZOOL vol. 282 (2), 75-83. 01-10-2010
Skorupski P and Chittka L (2010). Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). PLoS One vol. 5 (8) 10-08-2010
Jürgen Stelzer R, Stanewsky R and Chittka L (2010). Circadian foraging rhythms of bumblebees monitored by radio-frequency identification. J Biol Rhythms vol. 25 (4), 257-267. 01-08-2010
Niven JE and Chittka L (2010). Reuse of identified neurons in multiple neural circuits. Behav Brain Sci vol. 33 (4) 01-08-2010
Stelzer RJ and Chittka L (2010). Bumblebee foraging rhythms under the midnight sun measured with radiofrequency identification. BMC Biol vol. 8 29-06-2010
Skorupski P and Chittka L (2010). Differences in photoreceptor processing speed for chromatic and achromatic vision in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. J Neurosci vol. 30 (11), 3896-3903. 17-03-2010
Stelzer RJ, Chittka L, Carlton M and Ings TC (2010). Winter active bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) achieve high foraging rates in urban Britain. PLoS One vol. 5 (3) 05-03-2010
Kapustjansky A, Chittka L and Spaethe J (2010). Bees use three-dimensional information to improve target detection. Naturwissenschaften vol. 97 (2), 229-233. 01-02-2010
Ings TC, Ings NL, Chittka L and Rasmont P (2010). A failed invasion? Commercially introduced pollinators in Southern France. APIDOLOGIE vol. 41 (1), 1-13. 01-01-2010
2009
Chittka L and Niven J (2009). Are bigger brains better? Curr Biol vol. 19 (21), R995-R1008. 17-11-2009
Molet M, Chittka L and Raine NE (2009). Potential application of the bumblebee foraging recruitment pheromone for commercial greenhouse pollination. APIDOLOGIE vol. 40 (6), 608-616. 01-11-2009
Whitney HM, Kolle M, Andrew P, Chittka L, Steiner U and Glover BJ (2009). Response to Comment on Floral Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for Animal Pollinators. SCIENCE vol. 325 (5944) 28-08-2009
Chittka L, Skorupski P and Raine NE (2009). Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in animal decision making. Trends Ecol Evol vol. 24 (7), 400-407. 01-07-2009
Leadbeater E and Chittka L (2009). Bumble-bees learn the value of social cues through experience. Biol Lett vol. 5 (3), 310-312. 23-06-2009
Whitney HM, Chittka L, Bruce TJA and Glover BJ (2009). Conical epidermal cells allow bees to grip flowers and increase foraging efficiency. Curr Biol vol. 19 (11), 948-953. 09-06-2009
Ings TC and Chittka L (2009). Predator crypsis enhances behaviourally mediated indirect effects on plants by altering bumblebee foraging preferences. Proc Biol Sci vol. 276 (1664), 2031-2036. 07-06-2009
Ings TC, Raine NE and Chittka L (2009). A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 63 (8), 1207-1218. 01-06-2009
Chittka L and Raine N (2009). Measuring the Adaptiveness of Social Insect Foraging Strategies. Food Exploitation By Social Insects 9-28. 21-05-2009
Arnold SEJ, Savolainen V and Chittka L (2009). Flower colours along an alpine altitude gradient, seen through the eyes of fly and bee pollinators. ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTE vol. 3 (1), 27-43. 01-03-2009
Dangles O, Irschick D, Chittka L and Casas J (2009). Variability in sensory ecology: expanding the bridge between physiology and evolutionary biology. Q Rev Biol vol. 84 (1), 51-74. 01-03-2009
Molet M, Chittka L and Raine NE (2009). How floral odours are learned inside the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nest. Naturwissenschaften vol. 96 (2), 213-219. 01-02-2009
Ollerton J, Cranmer L, Stelzer RJ, Sullivan S and Chittka L (2009). Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants. Naturwissenschaften vol. 96 (2), 221-232. 01-02-2009
Whitney HM, Kolle M, Andrew P, Chittka L, Steiner U and Glover BJ (2009). Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators. Science vol. 323 (5910), 130-133. 02-01-2009
CHITTKA L and Leadbeater E (2009). Social information use in foraging insects. Food exploitation by social insects: ecological, behavioral and theoretical approaches , Editors: Jaraus S and Hrncir M. 135-146. 01-01-2009
Molet M, Chittka L and Raine NE (2009). Bumblebee foraging pheromones. Bee Craft vol. July 2009, 20-20. 01-01-2009
RAINE NE and CHITTKA L (2009). Measuring the adaptiveness of social insect foraging strategies - an empirical approach. Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches , Editors: Hrncir M and Jarau S. 9-28. 01-01-2009
Arnold SEJ, Le Comber SC and Chittka L (2009). Flower color phenology in European grassland and woodland habitats, through the eyes of pollinators. ISR J PLANT SCI vol. 57 (3), 211-230. 01-01-2009
Chittka L and Muller H (2009). Learning, specialization, efficiency and task allocation in social insects. Commun Integr Biol vol. 2 (2), 151-154. 01-01-2009
2008
Muller H and Chittka L (2008). Animal personalities: the advantage of diversity. Curr Biol vol. 18 (20), R961-R963. 28-10-2008
Ings TC and Chittka L (2008). Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs and False Alarms in Bee Responses to Cryptic Predators. CURR BIOL vol. 18 (19), 1520-1524. 14-10-2008
Molet M, Chittka L, Stelzer RJ, Streit S and Raine NE (2008). Colony nutritional status modulates worker responses to foraging recruitment pheromone in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 62 (12), 1919-1926. 01-10-2008
Whitney HM, Dyer A, Chittka L, Rands SA and Glover BJ (2008). The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN vol. 95 (9), 845-850. 01-09-2008
Leadbeater E and Chittka L (2008). Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumble-bees. P R SOC B vol. 275 (1643), 1669-1674. 22-07-2008
Raine NE and Chittka L (2008). The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumble-bees. Proc Biol Sci vol. 275 (1636), 803-808. 07-04-2008
Doering TF, Hardie J, Leather S and Spaethe J (2008). Can aphids play football? Antenna vol. 32, 146-148. 01-01-2008
2007
Chittka L and Osorio D (2007). Cognitive dimensions of predator responses to imperfect mimicry? PLOS BIOL vol. 5 (12), 2754-2758. 01-12-2007
Raine NE and Chittka L (2007). Mengen der Nektarerzeugung bei 75 von Hummeln besuchten Blumenarten in einem deutschen Pflanzenbestand (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris). Entomologia Generalis, Schweizerbart vol. 30 (2), 191-192. 04-09-2007
Stelzer RJ, Ollerton J and Chittka L (2007). Kein Nachweis für Hummelbesuch der Kanarischen Vogelblumen (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia Generalis, Schweizerbart vol. 30 (2), 153-154. 04-09-2007
Leadbeater E and Chittka L (2007). The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 61 (11), 1789-1796. 01-09-2007
Leadbeater E and Chittka L (2007). Social learning in insects - From miniature brains to consensus building. CURR BIOL vol. 17 (16), R703-R713. 21-08-2007
Chittka L and Döring TF (2007). Are autumn foliage colors red signals to aphids? PLoS Biol vol. 5 (8) 01-08-2007
Raine NE and Chittka L (2007). The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. PLoS One vol. 2 (6) 20-06-2007
Raine NE and Chittka L (2007). Pollen foraging: learning a complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN vol. 94 (6), 459-464. 01-06-2007
Saleh N, Scott AG, Bryning GP and Chittka L (2007). Distinguishing signals and cues: bumblebees use general footprints to generate adaptive behaviour at flowers and nest. ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTE vol. 1 (2), 119-127. 01-06-2007
Skorupski P, Doring TF and Chittka L (2007). Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in island and mainland populations of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. J COMP PHYSIOL A vol. 193 (5), 485-494. 01-05-2007
Saleh N and Chittka L (2007). Traplining in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): a foraging strategy's ontogeny and the importance of spatial reference memory in short-range foraging. Oecologia vol. 151 (4), 719-730. 01-04-2007
Dyer AG, Whitney HM, Arnold SEJ, Glover BJ and Chittka L (2007). Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum majus flower colour. ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTE vol. 1 (1), 45-55. 01-03-2007
Doring TF and Chittka L (2007). Visual ecology of aphids-a critical review on the role of colours in host finding. ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTE vol. 1 (1), 3-16. 01-03-2007
Chittka L and Spaethe J (2007). Visual search and the importance of time in complex decision making by bees. ARTHROPOD-PLANT INTE vol. 1 (1), 37-44. 01-03-2007
CHITTKA L (2007). A review of: Bumblebees. Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA. Entomologia generalis vol. 29, 123-123. 01-01-2007
CHITTKA L and Whitney HM (2007). Warm flowers, happy pollinators. Biologist vol. 54, 154-159. 01-01-2007
Chittka L (2007). Seeing red by accident? Planet Earth, Natural Environment Research Council vol. Autumn 2007, 30-31. 01-01-2007
Stelzer RJ, Ollerton J and Chittka L (2007). No evidence for a visit of bumblebees to the Canarian bird-flower (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia Generalis vol. 30 (2), 153-154. 01-01-2007
CHITTKA L (2007). A review of: Bumblebees – Behaviour and Ecology. Entomologia generalis vol. 29, 314-314. 01-01-2007
CHITTKA L (2007). A review of: Letters from the Hive – An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind. Buchmann S & Banning R. Entomologia generalis vol. 29, 164-164. 01-01-2007
Raine NE and Chittka L (2007). Flower constancy and memory dynamics in bumblebees (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 29 (2-4), 179-199. 01-01-2007
Raine NE and Chittka L (2007). Nectar production rates of 75 bumblebee-visited flower species in a German flora (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus terrestris). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 30 (2), 191-192. 01-01-2007
CHITTKA L (2007). A review of: Asian Honey Bees – Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions. Oldroyd BP & Wongsiri S. Entomologia generalis vol. 29, 284-284. 01-01-2007
Stelzer RJ, Ollerton J and Chittka L (2007). Bumblebee visit in canary birdflowers (Hymenoptera : Apidae). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 30 (2), 153-154. 01-01-2007
CHITTKA L (2007). A review of: A Field Guide in Colour to Bees and Wasps. Zahradnik J & Severa F. Entomologia generalis vol. 29, 134-134. 01-01-2007
Chittka L and Walker J (2007). Insects as art lovers - bees for Van Gogh. Antennae vol. 2 (3), 37-42. 01-01-2007
2006
Saleh N and Chittka L (2006). The importance of experience in the interpretation of conspecific chemical signals. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 61 (2), 215-220. 01-12-2006
Skorupski P and Chittka L (2006). Animal cognition: An insect's sense of time? CURR BIOL vol. 16 (19), R851-R853. 10-10-2006
Ings TC, Ward NL and Chittka L (2006). Can commercially imported bumble bees out-compete their native conspecifics? J APPL ECOL vol. 43 (5), 940-948. 01-10-2006
Dyer AG, Whitney HM, Arnold SEJ, Glover BJ and Chittka L (2006). Bees associate warmth with floral colour. NATURE vol. 442 (7102), 525-525. 03-08-2006
Chittka L and Raine NE (2006). Recognition of flowers by pollinators. CURR OPIN PLANT BIOL vol. 9 (4), 428-435. 01-08-2006
Spaethe J, Chittka L and Skorupski P (2006). Visual search and decision making in bees: time, speed and accuracy. International Journal of Comparative Psychology vol. 19, 342-357. 01-07-2006
Leadbeater E, Raine NE and Chittka L (2006). Social learning: Ants and the meaning of teaching. CURR BIOL vol. 16 (9), R323-R325. 09-05-2006
Dornhaus A, Klugl F, Oechslein C, Puppe F and Chittka L (2006). Benefits of recruitment in honey bees: effects of ecology and colony size in an individual-based model. BEHAV ECOL vol. 17 (3), 336-344. 01-05-2006
Saleh N, Ohashi K, Thomson JD and Chittka L (2006). Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: complex versus simple flowers. ANIM BEHAV vol. 71, 847-854. 01-04-2006
Spaethe J, Tautz J and Chittka L (2006). Do honeybees detect colour targets using serial or parallel visual search? J Exp Biol vol. 209 (Pt 6), 987-993. 01-03-2006
Raine NE, Ings TC, Dornhaus A, Saleh N and Chittka L (2006). Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behavior. ADV STUD BEHAV vol. 36, 305-354. 01-01-2006
Raine NE, Ings TC, Ramos-Rodriguez O and Chittka L (2006). Intercolony variation in learning performance of a wild British bumblebee population (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus terrestris audax). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 28 (4), 241-256. 01-01-2006
2005
Raine NE and Chittka L (2005). Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia Generalis vol. 28 (2), 081-089. 19-12-2005
Dyer AG, Neumeyer C and Chittka L (2005). Honeybee (Apis mellifera) vision can discriminate between and recognise images of human faces. J EXP BIOL vol. 208 (24), 4709-4714. 01-12-2005
Chittka L and Leadbeater E (2005). Social learning: Public information in insects. CURR BIOL vol. 15 (21), R869-R871. 08-11-2005
Heiling AM, Cheng K, Chittka L, Goeth A and Herberstein ME (2005). The role of UV in crab spider signals: effects on perception by prey and predators. J Exp Biol vol. 208 (Pt 20), 3925-3931. 01-10-2005
Raine NE and Chittka L (2005). Vergleich der Blütenstetigkeit und Sammelleistung von drei Hummel-Arten (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia Generalis, Schweizerbart vol. 28 (2), 81-89. 01-09-2005
Granero AM, Sanz JMG, Gonzalez FJE, Vidal JLM, Dornhaus A, Ghani J, Serrano AR and Chittka L (2005). Chemical compounds of the foraging recruitment pheromone in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften vol. 92 (8), 371-374. 01-08-2005
Ings TC, Schikora J and Chittka L (2005). Bumblebees, humble pollinators or assiduous invaders? A population comparison of foraging performance in Bombus terrestris. Oecologia vol. 144 (3), 508-516. 01-07-2005
Leadbeater E and Chittka L (2005). A new mode of information transfer in foraging bumblebees? CURR BIOL vol. 15 (12), R447-R448. 21-06-2005
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 (2005). Analysis of pollen and nectar of Arbutus unedo as a food source for Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera : Apidae). J ECON ENTOMOL vol. 98 (3), 656-663. 01-06-2005
Heiling AM, Chittka L, Cheng K and Herberstein ME (2005). Colouration in crab spiders: substrate choice and prey attraction. J EXP BIOL vol. 208 (10), 1785-1792. 01-05-2005
Dornhaus A and Chittka L (2005). Bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) store both food and information in honeypots. BEHAV ECOL vol. 16 (3), 661-666. 01-05-2005
Chittka L and Brockmann A (2005). Perception space--the final frontier. PLoS biology. vol. 3 (4) 01-04-2005
Chittka L and Brockmann A (2005). Perception space - The final frontier. PLOS BIOL vol. 3 (4), 564-568. 01-04-2005
Lotto RB and Chittka L (2005). Seeing the light: illumination as a contextual cue to color choice behavior in bumblebees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 102 (10), 3852-3856. 08-03-2005
CHITTKA L and Kevan PG (2005). Flower colors as advertisement. Practical Pollination Biology , Editors: Dafni A, Kevan PG and Husband B. 157-206. 01-01-2005
Ings TC, Raine NE and Chittka L (2005). Mating preference in the commercially imported bumblebee species Bombus terrestris in Britain (Hymenoptera : Apidae). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 28 (3), 233-238. 01-01-2005
CHITTKA L and Raine NE (2005). Colour preferences in relation to the foraging performance and fitness of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Uludag Bee Journal vol. 5 (4), 145-150. 01-01-2005
Raine NE and Chittka L (2005). Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 28 (2), 81-89. 01-01-2005
2004
Chittka L, Ings TC and Raine NE (2004). Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviour. POPULATION ECOLOGY vol. 46 (3), 243-251. 01-12-2004
Dyer AG and Chittka L (2004). Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) sacrifice foraging speed to solve difficult colour discrimination tasks. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol vol. 190 (9), 759-763. 01-09-2004
Smith C, Barber I, Wootton RJ and Chittka L (2004). A receiver bias in the origin of three-spined stickleback mate choice. P ROY SOC B-BIOL SCI vol. 271 (1542), 949-955. 07-05-2004
Dyer AG and Chittka L (2004). Fine colour discrimination requires differential conditioning in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften vol. 91 (5), 224-227. 01-05-2004
Dyer AG and Chittka L (2004). Bumblebee search time without ultraviolet light. J Exp Biol vol. 207 (Pt 10), 1683-1688. 01-04-2004
Dornhaus A and Chittka L (2004). Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.). APIDOLOGIE vol. 35 (2), 183-192. 01-03-2004
Dornhaus A and Chittka L (2004). Why do honey bees dance? BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 55 (4), 395-401. 01-02-2004
Dyer AG and Chittka L (2004). Biological significance of distinguishing between similar colours in spectrally variable illumination: bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as a case study. J COMP PHYSIOL A vol. 190 (2), 105-114. 01-02-2004
CHITTKA L and Wells H (2004). Color vision in bees: mechanisms, ecology and evolution. Complex worlds from simpler nervous systems , Editors: Prete FR. 165-192. 01-01-2004
2003
Spaethe J and Chittka L (2003). Interindividual variation of eye optics and single object resolution in bumblebees. J EXP BIOL vol. 206 (19), 3447-3453. 01-10-2003
Chittka L, Dyer AG, Bock F and Dornhaus A (2003). Psychophysics - Bees trade off foraging speed for accuracy. NATURE vol. 424 (6947), 388-388. 24-07-2003
Chittka L and Tautz J (2003). The spectral input to honeybee visual odometry. J EXP BIOL vol. 206 (14), 2393-2397. 01-07-2003
Heiling AM, Herberstein ME and Chittka L (2003). Pollinator attraction: Crab-spiders manipulate flower signals. Nature vol. 421 (6921) 23-01-2003
Dornhaus A, Brockman A and Chittka L (2003). Bumble bees alert to food with pheromone from tergal gland. J COMP PHYSIOL A vol. 189 (1), 47-51. 01-01-2003
CHITTKA L (2003). Plants and animals, forever entangled: Plant–Animal Interactions – An Evolutionary Approach edited by C.M. Herrera and O. Pellmyr. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. vol. 18 (1), 12-13. 01-01-2003
Chittka L (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 8. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Elsevier vol. 18 (1), 12-13. 01-01-2003
2002
Chittka L (2002). Influence of intermittent rewards in learning to handle flowers in bumblebees (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus impatiens). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 26 (2), 85-91. 01-01-2002
2001
Dornhaus A and Chittka L (2001). Food alert in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): possible mechanisms and evolutionary implications. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL vol. 50 (6), 570-576. 01-11-2001
Kevan PG, Chittka L and Dyer AG (2001). Limits to the salience of ultraviolet: Lessons from colour vision in bees and birds. 01-07-2001
Chittka L and Schürkens S (2001). Successful invasion of a floral market. Nature vol. 411 (6838) 07-06-2001
Spaethe J, Tautz J and Chittka L (2001). Visual constraints in foraging bumblebees: flower size and color affect search time and flight behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 98 (7), 3898-3903. 27-03-2001
CHITTKA L and Briscoe A (2001). Why sensory ecology needs to become more evolutionary - insect color vision as a case in point. Ecology of sensing , Editors: Barth FG and Schmid A. 19-38. 01-01-2001
Chittka L (2001). Camouflage of predatory crab spiders on flowers and the colour perception of bees (Aranida : Thomisidae/Hymenoptera : Apidae). ENTOMOL GEN vol. 25 (3), 181-187. 01-01-2001
CHITTKA L and Thomson JD (2001). Pollinator individuality: when does it matter? Cognitive ecology of pollination : animal behavior and floral evolution , Editors: Chittka L and Thomson JD. 191-213. 01-01-2001
CHITTKA L and Thompson JD (2001). Cognitive ecology of pollination : animal behavior and floral evolution. 01-01-2001
Spaethe J, Schmidt A, Hickelsberger A and Chittka L (2001). Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color vision. Cognitive ecology of pollination : animal behavior and floral evolution , Editors: Thomson JD and Chittka L. 106-126. 01-01-2001
Schurkens S and Chittka L (2001). The significance of the invasive crucifer species Bunias orientalis (Brassicaceae) as a nectar source for central European insects. ENTOMOL GEN vol. 25 (2), 115-120. 01-01-2001
Briscoe AD and Chittka L (2001). The evolution of color vision in insects. Annu Rev Entomol vol. 46, 471-510. 01-01-2001
1999
Chittka L (1999). Bees, White Flowers, and the Color Hexagon – A Reassessment? No, Not Yet Comments on the contribution by Vorobyev et al. The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 86 (12), 595-597. 01-12-1999
Dornhaus A and Chittka L (1999). Evolutionary origins of bee dances. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 401 (6748), 38-38. 01-09-1999
Gumbert A, Kunze J and Chittka L (1999). Floral colour diversity in plant communities, bee colour space and a null model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 266 (1429), 1711-1716. 22-08-1999
Chittka L, Thomson JD and Waser NM (1999). Flower Constancy, Insect Psychology, and Plant Evolution. The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 86 (8), 361-377. 01-08-1999
Chittka L, Williams NM, Rasmussen H and Thomson JD (1999). Navigation without vision: bumblebee orientation in complete darkness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 266 (1414), 45-50. 07-01-1999
1998
Waser N and Chittka L (1998). Bedazzled by flowers. Nature, Springer Nature vol. 394 (6696), 835-836. 01-08-1998
Chittka L (1998). Sensorimotor learning in bumblebees: Long-term retention and reversal training. Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 201 (4), 515-524. 01-02-1998
MENZEL R, GEIGER K, JOERGES J, MÜLLER U and CHITTKA L (1998). Bees travel novel homeward routes by integrating separately acquired vector memories. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 55 (1), 139-152. 01-01-1998
1997
Chittka L and Thomson JD (1997). Sensori-motor learning and its relevance for task specialization in bumble bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer Nature vol. 41 (6), 385-398. 01-12-1997
Chittka L and Waser NM (1997). WHY RED FLOWERS ARE NOT INVISIBLE TO BEES. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers vol. 45 (2-3), 169-183. 13-05-1997
Chittka L (1997). BEE COLOR VISION IS OPTIMAL FOR CODING FLOWER COLOR, BUT FLOWER COLORS ARE NOT OPTIMAL FOR BEING CODEDWHY? Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers vol. 45 (2-3), 115-127. 13-05-1997
Chittka L, Gumbert A and Kunze J (1997). Foraging dynamics of bumble bees: correlates of movements within and between plant species. Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 8 (3), 239-249. 01-01-1997
1996
Kevan P, Giurfa M and Chittka L (1996). Why are there so many and so few white flowers? Trends in Plant Science, Elsevier vol. 1 (8) 01-08-1996
Chittka L (1996). Optimal Sets of Color Receptors and Color Opponent Systems for Coding of Natural Objects in Insect Vision. Journal of Theoretical Biology, Elsevier vol. 181 (2), 179-196. 01-07-1996
Waser NM, Chittka L, Price MV, Williams NM and Ollerton J (1996). Generalization in Pollination Systems, and Why it Matters. Ecology, Wiley vol. 77 (4), 1043-1060. 01-06-1996
Lunau K, Wacht S and Chittka L (1996). Colour choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour perception. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 178 (4), 477-489. 01-04-1996
Chittka L (1996). Does bee color vision predate the evolution of flower color? The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 83 (3), 136-138. 01-03-1996
Menzel R, Geiger K, Chittka L, Joerges J, Kunze J and Müller U (1996). The Knowledge Base of Bee Navigation. Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists vol. 199 (1), 141-146. 01-01-1996
Kevan P, Giurfa M and Chittka L (1996). Why are there so many and so few white flowers? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE vol. 1 (8), 280-284. 01-01-1996
Menzel R, Geiger K, Chittka L, Joerges J, Kunze J and Müller U (1996). The knowledge base of bee navigation. Journal of Experimental Biology vol. 199 (1), 141-146. 01-01-1996
1995
Giurfa M, Núñez J, Chittka L and Menzel R (1995). Colour preferences of flower-naive honeybees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 177 (3), 247-259. 01-09-1995
Chittka L, Kunze J, Shipman C and Buchmann SL (1995). The significance of landmarks for path integration in homing honeybee foragers. The Science of Nature, Springer Nature vol. 82 (7), 341-343. 01-07-1995
CHITTKA L, GEIGER K and KUNZE J (1995). The influences of landmarks on distance estimation of honey bees. Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 50 (1), 23-31. 01-07-1995
Chittka L and Geiger K (1995). Honeybee Long‐distance Orientation in a Controlled Environment. Ethology, Wiley vol. 99 (1‐2), 117-126. 12-01-1995
CHITTKA L and GEIGER K (1995). HONEYBEE LONG-DISTANCE ORIENTATION IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. ETHOLOGY vol. 99 (2), 117-126. 01-01-1995
Chittka L and Geiger K (1995). Can honey bees count landmarks? Animal Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 49 (1), 159-164. 01-01-1995
Chittka L (1995). The influences of landmarks and distance estimation of honey bees (vol 50, pg 23, 1995). ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR vol. 50, 1709-1710. 01-01-1995
1994
Chittka L, Shmida A, Troje N and Menzel R (1994). Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the colour perception of hymenoptera. Vision Research, Elsevier vol. 34 (11), 1489-1508. 01-06-1994
1992
Chittka L and Menzel R (1992). The evolutionary adaptation of flower colours and the insect pollinators' colour vision. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 171 (2), 171-181. 01-09-1992
Chittka L (1992). The colour hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of colour opponency. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 170 (5), 533-543. 01-06-1992
Chittka L, Beier W, Hertel H, Steinmann E and Menzel R (1992). Opponent colour coding is a universal strategy to evaluate the photoreceptor inputs in Hymenoptera. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Springer Nature vol. 170 (5), 545-563. 01-06-1992
1990
Menzel R, Chittka L, Eichmüller S, Geiger K, Peitsch D and Knoll P (1990). Dominance of Celestial Cues over Landmarks Disproves Map-Like Orientation in Honey Bees. 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)