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Ability of Bumblebees to Discriminate Differences in the Shape of Artificial Flowers of Primula sieboldii (Primulaceae)

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of Botany, January 2007
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (68th percentile)

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Title
Ability of Bumblebees to Discriminate Differences in the Shape of Artificial Flowers of Primula sieboldii (Primulaceae)
Published in
Annals of Botany, January 2007
DOI 10.1093/aob/mcm059
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Authors

Y. Yoshioka, K. Ohashi, A. Konuma, H. Iwata, R. Ohsawa, S. Ninomiya

Abstract

Flower shapes are important visual cues for pollinators. However, the ability of pollinators to discriminate between flower shapes under natural conditions is poorly understood. This study focused on the diversity of flower shape in Primula sieboldii and investigated the ability of bumblebees to discriminate between flowers by combining computer graphics with a traditional behavioural experiment.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 119 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Argentina 7 6%
Spain 2 2%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Unknown 106 89%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 24%
Researcher 27 23%
Student > Master 14 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 9%
Professor 8 7%
Other 22 18%
Unknown 9 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 78 66%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 9 8%
Environmental Science 6 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Computer Science 2 2%
Other 7 6%
Unknown 13 11%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 July 2012.
All research outputs
#5,863,266
of 22,721,584 outputs
Outputs from Annals of Botany
#2,027
of 3,443 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#34,652
of 161,110 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Annals of Botany
#7
of 22 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,721,584 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,443 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.7. This one is in the 40th percentile – i.e., 40% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 161,110 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 22 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 68% of its contemporaries.