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Nature 394, 835-836 (27 August 1998) | doi:10.1038/29657

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Evolutionary ecology:  Bedazzled by flowers

Nick Waser1 & Lars Chittka2

Human eyes are dazzled by the diversity of flower colours, and early biologists naturally interpreted colour as a signal for other eyes — those of pollinating insects. A close look at flowers reveals surprising additional detail.

  1. Nick Waser is in the Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
    e-mail: Email: waser@citrus.ucr.edu
  2. Lars Chittka is at Zoologie II, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
    e-mail: Email: chittka@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de