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List of works by Heather M Whitney

A technique for measuring petal gloss, with examples from the Namaqualand flora

scientific article

Beetle iridescence induces an avoidance response in naïve avian predators

scientific article published in 2022

Behavioural ecology: bees associate warmth with floral colour

scientific article

Biomechanics of plant-insect interactions

scientific article published on January 2013

Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) use mechanosensory hairs to detect electric fields

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Bumblebees can detect floral humidity

scientific article published in 2021

Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patterns.

scientific article

Bumblebees learn polarization patterns

scientific article published on 5 June 2014

Characterization of chloroplast iridescence in Selaginella erythropus

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Coevolution: Plant-Insect

article

Coevolution: Plant-Insect

Colour as a backup for scent in the presence of olfactory noise: testing the efficacy backup hypothesis using bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Conical epidermal cells allow bees to grip flowers and increase foraging efficiency.

scientific article published on 14 May 2009

Contributions of iridescence to floral patterning.

scientific article published on May 2009

Cross-modal transfer in visual and nonvisual cues in bumblebees

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Detection and learning of floral electric fields by bumblebees

scientific article

Determining the contribution of epidermal cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic Antirrhinum lines

scientific article

Effects of pollinator density-dependent preferences on field margin visitations in the midst of agricultural monocultures: A modelling approach

scientific article published in 2010

Field margins, foraging distances and their impacts on nesting pollinator success

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Floral Humidity in Flowering Plants: A Preliminary Survey

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation: getting to grips with awkward flowers

Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators.

scientific article published in January 2009

Floral temperature and optimal foraging: is heat a feasible floral reward for pollinators?

scientific article

Floral temperature patterns can function as floral guides

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Flower Iridescence Increases Object Detection in the Insect Visual System without Compromising Object Identity

scientific article

Flower movement increases pollinator preference for flowers with better grip

scientific article published in 2012

Function of blue iridescence in tropical understorey plants

scientific article

Functional characterisation of two cytochrome�b5-fusion desaturases from Anemone leveillei: the unexpected identification of a fatty acid ?6-desaturase

scientific article published on 24 July 2003

Functional nanomaterials to augment photosynthesis: evidence and considerations for their responsible use in agricultural applications

article

Grip and slip: mechanical interactions between insects and the epidermis of flowers and flower stalks

scientific article

Iridescence as Camouflage

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Isolation and expression pattern of two putative acyl-ACP desaturase cDNAs from Bassia scoparia

scientific article published on 30 January 2004

Light-induced dynamic structural color by intracellular 3D photonic crystals in brown algae.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Morphology and development of floral features recognised by pollinators

article

Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum majus flower colour

Natural Helicoidal Structures: Morphology, Self-assembly and Optical Properties

Nectar discovery speeds and multimodal displays: assessing nectar search times in bees with radiating and non-radiating guides

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Pantothenate biosynthesis in higher plants: advances and challenges

article

Photonic multilayer structure of Begonia chloroplasts enhances photosynthetic efficiency.

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Photosynthesis and crop productivity are enhanced by glucose-functionalized carbon dots

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Reporting of thermography parameters in biology: a systematic review of thermal imaging literature

article

Self-assembled, disordered structural color from fruit wax bloom

scientific article published on 9 February 2024

Structural colour and iridescence in plants: the poorly studied relations of pigment colour

scientific article

Structural colours in the frond of Microsorum thailandicum

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

Substrate-induced closing of the active site revealed by the crystal structure of pantothenate synthetase from Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article

THE CONTRIBUTION OF EPIDERMAL STRUCTURE TO FLOWER COLOUR IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLORA

scientific article published in 2011

The diversity of floral temperature patterns, and their use by pollinators

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

The influence of pigmentation patterning on bumblebee foraging from flowers of Antirrhinum majus

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees.

scientific article

Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts?

scientific article

Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells?

scientific article published on 05 April 2011

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