Publication List – Dr. Martin Giurfa

Full Papers

1. Giurfa M (1991) The importance of spectral and olfactory information in the foraging strategies of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. PhD Thesis, University of Buenos Aires.

2. Giurfa M, Núñez J (1989) Colour signals and choice behaviour of the honeybee. Journal of Insect Physiology 12:907-912.

3. Giurfa M (1991) Colour generalization and choice behaviour of the honeybee. Journal of Insect Physiology 37:41-44.

4. Giurfa M, Núñez J (1992) Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers. Oecologia 89:113-117.

5. Giurfa M, Núñez J (1992) Foraging by honeybees on Carduus acanthoides: pattern and efficiency. Ecological Entomology 17:326-330.

6. Giurfa M (1993) The repellent scent-mark of the honeybee Apis mellifera ligustica and its role as communication cue during foraging. Insectes Sociaux 40:59-67.

7. Giurfa M, Núñez J (1993) Efficient floret inspection by honeybees in capitula of Carduus acanthoides. Ecological Entomology 18:116-122.

8. Giurfa M, Núñez J (1993) Visual modulation of a scent-marking activity in the honeybee Apis mellifera L. Naturwissenschaften 8:376-379.

9. Giurfa M, Núñez J, Backhaus W (1994) Odour and colour information in the foraging choice behaviour of the honeybee. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 175:773-779.

10. Giurfa M, Backhaus W, Menzel R (1995) Color and angular orientation in the discrimination of bilateral symmetric patterns in the honeybee. Naturwissenschaften 82:198-201.

11. Giurfa M, Núñez J, Chittka L, Menzel R (1995) Colour preferences in flower-naive honeybee foragers. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 177:247-259.

12. Giurfa M, Eichmann B, Menzel R (1996) Symmetry perception in an insect. Nature 382:458-461.

13. Giurfa M, Vorobyev M, Kevan P, Menzel R (1996) Detection of coloured stimuli by honeybees: minimum visual angles and receptor specific contrasts. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 178:699-709

14. Kevan P, Giurfa M, Chittka L (1996) Why are there so few and so many white flowers? Trends in Plant Science 1:280-284.

15. Giurfa M (1996) Movement patterns of honeybee foragers: motivation and decision rules dependent on the rate of reward. Behaviour 133:579-596

16. Núñez J, Giurfa M (1996) Motivation and regulation of honeybee foraging. Beeworld 77:182-196

17. Balderrama N, Núñez J, Giurfa M, Torrealba J, Guerrero de Albornoz E, Almeida L (1996) A deterrent response in honeybee (Apis mellifera) foragers: dependence on disturbance and season. Journal of Insect Physiology 42:463-470

18. Giurfa M, Vorobyev M, Brandt R, Posner B, Menzel R (1997) Discrimination of coloured stimuli by honeybees: alternative use of achromatic and chromatic signals. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 180:235-244.

19. Giurfa M, Menzel R (1997) Insect visual perception: complex abilities by simple nervous systems. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 7:505-513.

20. Dafni A, Giurfa M, Menzel R (1997) Insect Vision and Flower Recognition. Laser Pages Publ. Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel, pp. 278.

21. Giurfa M, Vorobyev M (1997) The detection and recognition of colour stimuli by honeybees: performance and mechanisms. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 45:129-140.

22. Vorobyev M, Kunze J, Gumbert A, Giurfa M, Menzel R (1997) Flowers through the insect eyes. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 45:93-102.

23. Giurfa M, Vorobyev M (1998) The angular range of achromatic target detection by honeybees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 183:101-110.

24. Neal P, Dafni A, Giurfa M (1998) Floral symmetry and its role in plant pollinator systems: terminology, distribution, and hypotheses. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29:345-373.

25. Reisenman C, Lazzari C, Giurfa M (1998) Circadian control of photonegative sensitivity in the haematophagous bug Triatoma infestans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 183: 533-541.

26. Giurfa M (1998) New vistas in the study of honey bee behaviour. Beeworld 79:205-209

27. Núñez J, Almeida L, Balderrama N, Giurfa M (1998) Alarm pheromone induces stress analgesia via an opioid system in the honeybee. Physiology and Behavior 63:75-80.

28. Giurfa M, Hammer M, Stach S, Stollhoff N, Müller-Deisig N, Mizyrycki C (1999) Pattern learning by honeybees: conditioning procedure and recognition strategy. Animal Behaviour 57:315-324.

29. Giurfa M, Capaldi E (1999) Vectors, routes and maps: new discoveries about navigation in insects. Trends in Neurosciences 22:237-242.

30. Menzel R, Giurfa M (1999) Cognition by a mini brain. Nature 400:718-719.

31. Menzel R, Giurfa M, Gerber B, Hellstern F (1999) Elementary and configural forms of memory in an insect, the honeybee. In Learning: rule extraction and representation (ed. by A. Friederici & R. Menzel), pp. 259 - 282. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.

32. Dafni A, Giurfa M (1999) The functional ecology of nectar guides in relation to insect behavior and vision. In Evolutionary Theory and Processes – Modern Perspectives (ed. by S. Wasser & R. May), pp 363 – 383. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.

33. Laska M, Galizia G, Giurfa M, Menzel R (1999) Olfactory discrimination ability and odor structure-activity relationships in honeybees. Chemical Senses 24:429-438.

34. Giurfa M, Dafni A, Neal PR (1999) Floral symmetry and its role in plant pollinator systems. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160:541-550.

35. Giurfa, M, Zaccardi G, Vorobyev M (1999) How do bees detect coloured targets using different regions of their compound eyes. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 185:591-600.

36. Vorobyev M, Hempel de Ibarra N, Brandt R, Giurfa M (1999) Do “White” and “Green” look the same to a bee? Naturwissenschaften 86:592-594.

last updated Jan 5 '2000