List of works - Almut Kelber

A Model of Selection between Stimulus and Place Strategy in a Hawkmoth

A functional analysis of compound eye evolution

scientific article published on 10 August 2007

A harbor seal can transfer the same/different concept to new stimulus dimensions

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

A robust procedure for visual stabilisation of hovering flight position in guard bees of Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula (Apidae, Meliponinae)

Alternative use of chromatic and achromatic cues in a hawkmoth

scientific article published in October 2005

An aposematic colour-polymorphic moth seen through the eyes of conspecifics and predators - Sensitivity and colour discrimination in a tiger moth

article by Miriam J. Henze et al published 16 April 2018 in Functional Ecology

Animal colour vision--behavioural tests and physiological concepts

scientific article

Avian colour vision: effects of variation in receptor sensitivity and noise data on model predictions as compared to behavioural results

scientific article

Bird colour vision: behavioural thresholds reveal receptor noise

scientific article

Birds perceive colours in categories

scientific article published in Nature

Brightness discrimination in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

scientific article

Brightness discrimination in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

scientific article published on 19 December 2007

Chicken colour discrimination depends on background colour

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Chromatic and achromatic vision: parameter choice and limitations for reliable model predictions

scientific article published in 2017

Chromatic signals control proboscis movements during hovering flight in the hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Coevolution of coloration and colour vision?

scientific article published on July 2017

Color discrimination in the red range with only one long-wavelength sensitive opsin

scientific article published on May 2006

Colour Vision: Random Retina of Butterflies Explained

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

Colour constancy in diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths

scientific article

Colour in the eye of the beholder: receptor sensitivities and neural circuits underlying colour opponency and colour perception

scientific article published on 17 September 2016

Colour learning in the hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

scientific article

Colour perception in a dichromat

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Colour preferences influences odour learning in the hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum

scientific article published on 2 March 2006

Colour spaces in ecology and evolutionary biology

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Colour vision in diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths

scientific article published in August 2003

Colour vision: parallel pathways intersect in Drosophila

scientific article published in December 2013

Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds

scientific article

Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination and its effects on color perception by the nocturnal hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor

scientific article published on March 2006

Development of the Visual System in a Burrow-Nesting Seabird: Leach's Storm Petrel

scientific article

Differences in ocular media transmittance in classical frog and toad model species and its impact on visual sensitivity

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Differences in spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity of flight control in the honeybees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain areas reflects behavioural choices in hawk moths.

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Evolution of Insect Color Vision: From Spectral Sensitivity to Visual Ecology

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Eye Size, Fovea, and Foraging Ecology in Accipitriform Raptors

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

FLORAL BIOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN OENOTHERA SECT. LAVAUXIA (ONAGRACEAE): ADVERTISEMENTS, REWARDS, AND EXTREME VARIATION IN FLORAL DEPTH1,2

scientific article published in 2007

Flexible responses to visual and olfactory stimuli by foraging Manduca sexta: larval nutrition affects adult behaviour

scientific article published on 6 May 2009

From spectral information to animal colour vision: experiments and concepts

scientific article published on 17 February 2010

Fuelling on the wing: sensory ecology of hawkmoth foraging

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Ground-nesting bees determine the location of their nest relative to a landmark by other than angular size cues

High contrast sensitivity for visually guided flight control in bumblebees

scientific article

High diversity of arthropod colour vision: from genes to ecology

scientific article published in 2022

High resolution of colour vision, but low contrast sensitivity in a diurnal raptor

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Home ranges, directionality and the influence of moon phases on the movement ecology of Indian flying fox males in southern India

scientific article published in 2023

Hornets can fly at night without obvious adaptations of eyes and ocelli

scientific article

How Do Hawkmoths Learn Multimodal Stimuli? A Comparison of Three Models

How does a diurnal hawkmoth find nectar? Differences in sensory control with a nocturnal relative

scientific article published in 2011

How fast can raptors see?

scientific article published on 02 January 2020

Humidity-dependent colour change in the green forester moth, Adscita statices

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Infrared Imaging: A Motion Detection Circuit for Rattlesnake Thermal Vision

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Innate Preferences for Flower Features in the Hawkmoth Macroglossum Stellatarum ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 1997

Innate colour preferences of a hawkmoth depend on visual context

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Inter-individual differences in foveal shape in a scavenging raptor, the black kite Milvus migrans

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Lens transmittance shapes ultraviolet sensitivity in the eyes of frogs from diverse ecological and phylogenetic backgrounds

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular bees

article by Almut Kelber et al published 16 November 2005 in Behavioral Ecology

Limits of colour vision in dim light

scientific article published on September 2010

Linking brain and behaviour in animal navigation: navigation from genes to maps

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Luminance-dependence of spatial vision in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke’s parrots (Neopsephotus bourkii)

scientific article published on 16 October 2011

Models for a colorful reality?: a response to comments on Olsson et al

scientific article published in 2017

Multifocal optical systems and pupil dynamics in birds

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Multiple leading edge vortices of unexpected strength in freely flying hawkmoth

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Nocturnal bees learn landmark colours in starlight

scientific article published in November 2008

Nocturnal colour vision - not as rare as we might think

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Nocturnal colour vision in geckos

scientific article published in December 2004

Nocturnal vision and landmark orientation in a tropical halictid bee.

scientific article published on August 2004

Ocellar optics in nocturnal and diurnal bees and wasps

scientific article

Opsins in onychophora (velvet worms) suggest a single origin and subsequent diversification of visual pigments in arthropods

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

Optics of cone photoreceptors in the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).

scientific article

Out of the blue: the spectral sensitivity of hummingbird hawkmoths

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Ovipositing butterflies use a red receptor to see green

scientific article published in October 1999

Owls lack UV-sensitive cone opsin and red oil droplets, but see UV light at night: Retinal transcriptomes and ocular media transmittance

scientific article published on 07 March 2019

Pattern discrimination in a hawkmoth: innate preferences, learning performance and ecology

scientific article published in December 2002

Patterns and Processes in Nocturnal and Crepuscular Pollination Services

scientific article published in December 2016

Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Quantitative studies of animal colour constancy: using the chicken as model.

scientific article published in May 2016

Relative colour cues improve colour constancy in birds

scientific article

Resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the Asian honeybees Apis florea, Apis cerana and Apis dorsata

scientific article published on August 2009

Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolution of two parrot species: budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii).

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Scotopic colour vision in nocturnal hawkmoths

scientific article

Single target acuity is not higher than grating acuity in a bird, the budgerigar

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Spatial Vision and Visually Guided Behavior in Apidae

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Spatial Vision in Bombus terrestris

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Spatial summation improves bird color vision in low light intensities.

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Specialized photoreceptor composition in the raptor fovea.

scientific article

Spectral sensitivity in Onychophora (velvet worms) revealed by electroretinograms, phototactic behaviour and opsin gene expression

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

Stimulus motion improves spatial contrast sensitivity in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

scientific article published on 27 July 2014

Sugar preferences and feeding strategies in the hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum.

scientific article

Tetragonisca guard bees interpret expanding and contracting patterns as unintended displacement in space

article published in 1997

The Eye of the Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

The Pupillary Response of the Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

The absolute threshold of colour vision in the horse

scientific article

The biology of color

scientific article

The contribution of single and double cones to spectral sensitivity in budgerigars during changing light conditions.

scientific article

The dual rod system of amphibians supports colour discrimination at the absolute visual threshold

scientific article

The flicker fusion frequency of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) revisited

scientific article

The intensity threshold of colour vision in two species of parrot

scientific article published in November 2009

The lycaenid butterfly Polyommatus icarus uses a duplicated blue opsin to see green.

scientific article published on February 2008

The pupils and optical systems of gecko eyes

scientific article

The relative importance of olfaction and vision in a diurnal and a nocturnal hawkmoth

scientific article published on 28 December 2005

The retrieval of visuo-spatial memories by honeybees

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

The roles of vision and antennal mechanoreception in hawkmoth flight control

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

The spatial tuning of achromatic and chromatic vision in budgerigars ⬇️

scientific article published on June 2, 2011

Thresholds and noise limitations of colour vision in dim light.

scientific article published on April 2017

Trichromatic colour vision in the hummingbird hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum L

article published in 1999

True Colour Vision in the Orchard Butterfly, Papilio aegeus

article by Almut Kelber & Michael Pfaff published 1 May 1999 in The Science of Nature

Ultraviolet sensitivity and colour vision in raptor foraging

scientific article

Ultraviolet sensitivity and colour vision in raptor foraging

scientific article published in 2013

Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye media.

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Unexpectedly low UV-sensitivity in a bird, the budgerigar

scientific article published on November 2014

Vision on the high seas: spatial resolution and optical sensitivity in two procellariiform seabirds with different foraging strategies

scientific article

Vision: Rods See in Bright Light

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Visual Adaptations for Mate Detection in the Male Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tenuiscapa

scientific article

Visual abilities in two raptors with different ecology

scientific article

Visual acuity in an opportunistic raptor, the chimango caracara (Milvago chimango).

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Visual adaptations of diurnal and nocturnal raptors

scientific article published on 09 July 2020

Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees I: light intensities and flight activity

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees II: adaptations of eyes and ocelli to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles

scientific article

Wavelength discrimination in the hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

scientific article

What a hawkmoth remembers after hibernation depends on innate preferences and conditioning situation

scientific article published in 2010

Why do Manduca sexta feed from white flowers? Innate and learnt colour preferences in a hawkmoth

scientific article published on 21 February 2008

Why do seals have cones? Behavioural evidence for colour-blindness in harbour seals

scientific article published on 2 December 2014

Why ‘false’ colours are seen by butterflies

scientific article published in Nature

List of works by Almut Kelber

A Model of Selection between Stimulus and Place Strategy in a Hawkmoth

A functional analysis of compound eye evolution

A harbor seal can transfer the same/different concept to new stimulus dimensions

A robust procedure for visual stabilisation of hovering flight position in guard bees of Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula (Apidae, Meliponinae)

Alternative use of chromatic and achromatic cues in a hawkmoth

An aposematic colour-polymorphic moth seen through the eyes of conspecifics and predators - Sensitivity and colour discrimination in a tiger moth

Animal colour vision--behavioural tests and physiological concepts

Avian colour vision: effects of variation in receptor sensitivity and noise data on model predictions as compared to behavioural results

Bird colour vision: behavioural thresholds reveal receptor noise

Birds perceive colours in categories

Brightness discrimination in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Brightness discrimination in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

Chicken colour discrimination depends on background colour

Chromatic and achromatic vision: parameter choice and limitations for reliable model predictions

Chromatic signals control proboscis movements during hovering flight in the hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

Coevolution of coloration and colour vision?

Color discrimination in the red range with only one long-wavelength sensitive opsin

Colour Vision: Random Retina of Butterflies Explained

Colour constancy in diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths

Colour in the eye of the beholder: receptor sensitivities and neural circuits underlying colour opponency and colour perception

Colour learning in the hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

Colour perception in a dichromat

Colour preferences influences odour learning in the hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum

Colour spaces in ecology and evolutionary biology

Colour vision in diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths

Colour vision: parallel pathways intersect in Drosophila

Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds

Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination and its effects on color perception by the nocturnal hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor

Development of the Visual System in a Burrow-Nesting Seabird: Leach's Storm Petrel

Differences in ocular media transmittance in classical frog and toad model species and its impact on visual sensitivity

Differences in spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity of flight control in the honeybees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls

Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain areas reflects behavioural choices in hawk moths.

Evolution of Insect Color Vision: From Spectral Sensitivity to Visual Ecology

Eye Size, Fovea, and Foraging Ecology in Accipitriform Raptors

FLORAL BIOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN OENOTHERA SECT. LAVAUXIA (ONAGRACEAE): ADVERTISEMENTS, REWARDS, AND EXTREME VARIATION IN FLORAL DEPTH1,2

Flexible responses to visual and olfactory stimuli by foraging Manduca sexta: larval nutrition affects adult behaviour

From spectral information to animal colour vision: experiments and concepts

Fuelling on the wing: sensory ecology of hawkmoth foraging

Ground-nesting bees determine the location of their nest relative to a landmark by other than angular size cues

High contrast sensitivity for visually guided flight control in bumblebees

High diversity of arthropod colour vision: from genes to ecology

High resolution of colour vision, but low contrast sensitivity in a diurnal raptor

Home ranges, directionality and the influence of moon phases on the movement ecology of Indian flying fox males in southern India

Hornets can fly at night without obvious adaptations of eyes and ocelli

How Do Hawkmoths Learn Multimodal Stimuli? A Comparison of Three Models

How does a diurnal hawkmoth find nectar? Differences in sensory control with a nocturnal relative

How fast can raptors see?

Humidity-dependent colour change in the green forester moth, Adscita statices

Infrared Imaging: A Motion Detection Circuit for Rattlesnake Thermal Vision

Innate Preferences for Flower Features in the Hawkmoth Macroglossum Stellatarum ⬇️

Innate colour preferences of a hawkmoth depend on visual context

Inter-individual differences in foveal shape in a scavenging raptor, the black kite Milvus migrans

Lens transmittance shapes ultraviolet sensitivity in the eyes of frogs from diverse ecological and phylogenetic backgrounds

Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular bees

Limits of colour vision in dim light

Linking brain and behaviour in animal navigation: navigation from genes to maps

Luminance-dependence of spatial vision in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke’s parrots (Neopsephotus bourkii)

Models for a colorful reality?: a response to comments on Olsson et al

Multifocal optical systems and pupil dynamics in birds

Multiple leading edge vortices of unexpected strength in freely flying hawkmoth

Nocturnal bees learn landmark colours in starlight

Nocturnal colour vision - not as rare as we might think

Nocturnal colour vision in geckos

Nocturnal vision and landmark orientation in a tropical halictid bee.

Ocellar optics in nocturnal and diurnal bees and wasps

Opsins in onychophora (velvet worms) suggest a single origin and subsequent diversification of visual pigments in arthropods

Optics of cone photoreceptors in the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).

Out of the blue: the spectral sensitivity of hummingbird hawkmoths

Ovipositing butterflies use a red receptor to see green

Owls lack UV-sensitive cone opsin and red oil droplets, but see UV light at night: Retinal transcriptomes and ocular media transmittance

Pattern discrimination in a hawkmoth: innate preferences, learning performance and ecology

Patterns and Processes in Nocturnal and Crepuscular Pollination Services

Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans

Quantitative studies of animal colour constancy: using the chicken as model.

Relative colour cues improve colour constancy in birds

Resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the Asian honeybees Apis florea, Apis cerana and Apis dorsata

Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolution of two parrot species: budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii).

Scotopic colour vision in nocturnal hawkmoths