Doekele G. Stavenga

Publications

• The Wing Scales of the Mother-of-pearl Butterfly, Protogoniomorpha Parhassus, Are Thin Film Reflectors Causing Strong Iridescence and Polarization
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. 08, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 34291802
• Evolution of Insect Color Vision: From Spectral Sensitivity to Visual Ecology
  Annual Review of Entomology. 01, 2021  |   Pubmed ID: 32966103
• Coloration of Flowers by Flavonoids and Consequences of PH Dependent Absorption
  Frontiers in Plant Science. 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 33488645
• Coloration Principles of the Great Purple Emperor Butterfly (Sasakia Charonda)
  Zoological Letters. Nov, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 33292721
• Polymorphism of Colias Croceus from the Azores Caused by Differential Pterin Expression in the Wing Scales
  Journal of Insect Physiology. Nov - Dec, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32905790
• The Lesser Purple Emperor Butterfly, : from Mimesis to Biomimetics
  Faraday Discussions. 10, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32760964
• Biophotonics of Diversely Coloured Peacock Tail Feathers
  Faraday Discussions. 10, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32720960
• Conical Epidermal Cells Cause Velvety Colouration and Enhanced Patterning in Mandevilla Flowers
  Faraday Discussions. 10, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32719835
• Enhanced UV-Reflection Facilitated a Shift in the Pollination System of the Red Poppy, (Papaveraceae)
  Plants (Basel, Switzerland). Jul, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32708009
• Highly Different Flavonol Content Explains Geographic Variations in the UV Reflecting Properties of Flowers of the Corn Poppy, Papaver Rhoeas (Papaveraceae)
  Phytochemistry. Oct, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32692661
• Bogong Moths Are Well Camouflaged by Effectively Decolourized Wing Scales
  Frontiers in Physiology. 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32116798
• Vividly Coloured Poppy Flowers Due to Dense Pigmentation and Strong Scattering in Thin Petals
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 06, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30689019
• Reflections on Iridescent Neck and Breast Feathers of the Peacock,
  Interface Focus. Feb, 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30603065
• Iridescent Colouration of Male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte Anna) Caused by Multilayered Barbules
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 12, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 30298342
• The Giant Butterfly-moth Paysandisia Archon Has Spectrally Rich Apposition Eyes with Unique Light-dependent Photoreceptor Dynamics
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 07, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29869100
• Classical Lepidopteran Wing Scale Colouration in the Giant Butterfly-moth
  PeerJ. 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29666756
• Magnificent Magpie Colours by Feathers with Layers of Hollow Melanosomes
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. 02, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29361607
• Rainbow Peacock Spiders Inspire Miniature Super-iridescent Optics
  Nature Communications. 12, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 29273708
• Longwing (Heliconius) Butterflies Combine a Restricted Set of Pigmentary and Structural Coloration Mechanisms
  BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 29162029
• Structural Coloured Feathers of Mallards Act by Simple Multilayer Photonics
  Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 08, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28768883
• A Novel Interception Strategy in a Miniature Robber Fly with Extreme Visual Acuity
  Current Biology : CB. Mar, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28286000
• Functional Optics of Glossy Buttercup Flowers
  Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 02, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28228540
• Photoreceptor Spectral Tuning by Colorful, Multilayered Facet Lenses in Long-legged Fly Eyes (Dolichopodidae)
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27873005
• Unique Wing Scale Photonics of Male Rajah Brooke's Birdwing Butterflies
  Frontiers in Zoology. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27525030
• Splendid Coloration of the Peacock Spider Maratus Splendens
  Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 08, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27512139
• How to Colour a Flower: on the Optical Principles of Flower Coloration
  Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 05, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27170723
• Brilliant Iridescence of Morpho Butterfly Wing Scales is Due to Both a Thin Film Lower Lamina and a Multilayered Upper Lamina
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 05, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27072662
• Coloration of the Chilean Bellflower, Nolana Paradoxa, Interpreted with a Scattering and Absorbing Layer Stack Model
  Planta. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26369332
• Combined Pigmentary and Structural Effects Tune Wing Scale Coloration to Color Vision in the Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio Xuthus
  Zoological Letters. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26605059
• Spectrally Tuned Structural and Pigmentary Coloration of Birdwing Butterfly Wing Scales
  Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. Oct, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26446560
• Is Floral Iridescence a Biologically Relevant Cue in Plant-pollinator Signaling?
  The New Phytologist. Jan, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25243861
• Pigmentary and Photonic Coloration Mechanisms Reveal Taxonomic Relationships of the Cattlehearts (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Parides)
  BMC Evolutionary Biology. Jul, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25064167
• The Colouration Toolkit of the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly, Battus Philenor: Thin Films, Papiliochromes, and Melanin
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24715265
• Iridescent Flowers? Contribution of Surface Structures to Optical Signaling
  The New Phytologist. Jul, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24713039
• Coloration Principles of Nymphaline Butterflies - Thin Films, Melanin, Ommochromes and Wing Scale Stacking
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24675561
• Sparkling Feather Reflections of a Bird-of-paradise Explained by Finite-difference Time-domain Modeling
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24591592
• Oil Droplets of Bird Eyes: Microlenses Acting As Spectral Filters
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24395968
• Spectral Tuning of Amazon Parrot Feather Coloration by Psittacofulvin Pigments and Spongy Structures
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24031051
• Iridescence and Spectral Filtering of the Gyroid-type Photonic Crystals in Parides Sesostris Wing Scales
  Interface Focus. Oct, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 24098853
• Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx Japonica Caused by a Melanin-chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins
  PloS One. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23185423
• Brilliant Camouflage: Photonic Crystals in the Diamond Weevil, Entimus Imperialis
  Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22378806
• Papiliochrome II Pigment Reduces the Angle Dependency of Structural Wing Colouration in Nireus Group Papilionids
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22323202
• Glass Scales on the Wing of the Swordtail Butterfly Graphium Sarpedon Act As Thin Film Polarizing Reflectors
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22279073
• Hemispherical Brillouin Zone Imaging of a Diamond-type Biological Photonic Crystal
  Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22188768
• Refractive Index and Dispersion of Butterfly Chitin and Bird Keratin Measured by Polarizing Interference Microscopy
  Optics Express. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22109431
• Kingfisher Feathers--colouration by Pigments, Spongy Nanostructures and Thin Films
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22071186
• Spatial Reflection Patterns of Iridescent Wings of Male Pierid Butterflies: Curved Scales Reflect at a Wider Angle Than Flat Scales
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Oct, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21744009
• Spectral Reflectance Properties of Iridescent Pierid Butterfly Wings
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21344203
• Polarized Iridescence of the Multilayered Elytra of the Japanese Jewel Beetle, Chrysochroa Fulgidissima
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21282175
• Photoreceptor Spectral Sensitivities of the Small White Butterfly Pieris Rapae Crucivora Interpreted with Optical Modeling
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Apr, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21229251
• Dramatic Colour Changes in a Bird of Paradise Caused by Uniquely Structured Breast Feather Barbules
  Proceedings. Biological Sciences. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21159676
• Metarhodopsin Control by Arrestin, Light-filtering Screening Pigments, and Visual Pigment Turnover in Invertebrate Microvillar Photoreceptors
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21046112
• Evolution and Mechanism of Spectral Tuning of Blue-absorbing Visual Pigments in Butterflies
  PloS One. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21124838
• On Visual Pigment Templates and the Spectral Shape of Invertebrate Rhodopsins and Metarhodopsins
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20725729
• An Expanded Set of Photoreceptors in the Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Colias Erate
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20524001
• Butterfly Wing Colors: Glass Scales of Graphium Sarpedon Cause Polarized Iridescence and Enhance Blue/green Pigment Coloration of the Wing Membrane
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20435824
• Photoreceptor Responses of Fruitflies with Normal and Reduced Arrestin Content Studied by Simultaneous Measurements of Visual Pigment Fluorescence and ERG
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. Jan, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19924417
• Imaging Scatterometry and Microspectrophotometry of Lycaenid Butterfly Wing Scales with Perforated Multilayers
  Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. Apr, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 18782721
• One Rhodopsin Per Photoreceptor: Iro-C Genes Break the Rule
  PLoS Biology. Apr, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18447588
• Wing Coloration and Pigment Gradients in Scales of Pierid Butterflies
  Arthropod Structure & Development. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18089132
• Evolution of Color and Vision of Butterflies
  Arthropod Structure & Development. Dec, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 18089078
• Visual Pigment Spectra of the Comma Butterfly, Polygonia C-album, Derived from in Vivo Epi-illumination Microspectrophotometry
  Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. May, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15754191
• Visual Acuity of Fly Photoreceptors in Natural Conditions--dependence on UV Sensitizing Pigment and Light-controlling Pupil
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Apr, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15073203
• Analyzing the Reflections from Single Ommatidia in the Butterfly Compound Eye with Voronoi Diagrams
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Dec, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14659839
• Coexpression of Two Visual Pigments in a Photoreceptor Causes an Abnormally Broad Spectral Sensitivity in the Eye of the Butterfly Papilio Xuthus
  The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Jun, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12805293
• Reflections on Colourful Ommatidia of Butterfly Eyes
  The Journal of Experimental Biology. Apr, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 11919267
• Calcium Imaging Demonstrates Colocalization of Calcium Influx and Extrusion in Fly Photoreceptors
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2000  |   Pubmed ID: 10900015
• Calcium Transients in the Rhabdomeres of Dark- and Light-adapted Fly Photoreceptor Cells
  The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience. Mar, 2000  |   Pubmed ID: 10684872
• Light Dependence of Calcium and Membrane Potential Measured in Blowfly Photoreceptors in Vivo
  The Journal of General Physiology. Aug, 1998  |   Pubmed ID: 9689022