Outputs

Selected publications since 1996

1. Hadden, P. W., Vorobyev, M., Hadden, W. H., Bonadonna, F., McGhee, C. N., & Zhang, J. (2023). Can penguins (Spheniscidae) see in the ultraviolet spectrum?. Polar Biology, 46(10), 1111-1121.
2. Hempel de Ibarra, Natalie, Susanne Holtze, Cornelia Bäucker, Philipp Sprau, and Misha Vorobyev. “The role of colour patterns for the recognition of flowers by bees.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377, no. 1862 (2022): 20210284..
3. Hadden, Peter W., Misha Vorobyev, Stephanie B. Cassidy, Akilesh Gokul, Samantha K. Simkin, Henry Tran, Charles NJ McGhee, and Jie Zhang. “Selected ocular dimensions of three penguin species.” Vision Research 201 (2022): 108122.
4. Nahmad–Rohen, Luis, and Misha Vorobyev. “Angular dependence of polarisation contrast sensitivity in octopus.” Vision Research 192 (2022): 107973.
5. Green, Naomi F., Emily Guevara, Daniel C. Osorio, John A. Endler, N. Justin Marshall, Misha Vorobyev, and Karen L. Cheney. “Colour discrimination thresholds vary throughout colour space in a reef fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus).” Journal of Experimental Biology 225, no. 7 (2022): jeb243533.
6. Martínez-Harms, Jaime, Pablo C. Guerrero, María José Martínez-Harms, Nicolás Poblete, Katalina González, Doekele G. Stavenga, and Misha Vorobyev. “Mechanisms of flower coloring and eco-evolutionary implications of massive blooming events in the Atacama Desert.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (2022).
7. Nahmad-Rohen, Luis, Yusuf H. Qureshi, and Misha Vorobyev. “The Colours of Octopus: Using Spectral Data to Measure Octopus Camouflage.” Vision 6, no. 4 (2022): 59.
8. Langridge, Keri V., Claudia Wilke, Olena Riabinina, Misha Vorobyev, and Natalie Hempel de Ibarra. “Approach direction prior to landing explains patterns of colour learning in bees.” Frontiers in Physiology (2021): 2123.
9. Nahmad-Rohen, Luis, and Misha Vorobyev. “Spatial contrast sensitivity to polarization and luminance in octopus.” Frontiers in Physiology 11 (2020): 379.
10. Martínez-Harms, J., Hadar, R., Márquez, N., Menzel, R., Shmida, A., Stavenga, D. G., & Vorobyev, M. (2020). Enhanced UV-reflection facilitated a shift in the pollination system of the red poppy, Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae). Plants, 9(8), 927.
11. Nahmad-Rohen, L., & Vorobyev, M., (2019). Contrast sensitivity and behavioural evidence for lateral inhibition in octopus. Biology Letters, 15(5), p.20190134.
12. Cheney, K.L., Green, N.F., Vibert, P.P., Vorobyev, M., Marshall, N.J., Osorio, D.C., & Endler, J.A. (2019). An Ishihara-style test of animal colour vision. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(1), jeb189787.
13. Osorio, D., & Vorobyev, M. (2018). Principles and application of the receptor noise model of color discrimination. Behavioral Ecology, 29(2), 283-284.
14. Mitchell, L., Cheney, K.L., Cortesi, F., Marshall, N.J., & Vorobyev, M. (2017). Triggerfish uses chromaticity and lightness for object segregation. Royal Society Open Science, 4(12).
15. Newport, C., Green, N.F., McClure, E.C., Osorio, D.C., Vorobyev, M., Marshall, N.J., & Cheney, K.L. (2017). Fish use colour to learn compound visual signals. Animal Behaviour, 125, 93-100.
16. Toomey, M.B., Lind, O., Frederiksen, R., Curley, R.W., Riedl, K.M., Wilby, D., Vorobyev, M. . . Corbo, J.C. (2016). Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds. eLife, 5, e15675.
17. Champ, C.M., Vorobyev, M., & Marshall, N.J. (2016). Colour thresholds in a coral reef fish. Royal Society Open Science, 3(9), 9 pages.
18. Siebeck, U.E., Wallis, G.M., Litherland, L., Ganeshina, O., & Vorobyev, M. (2014). Spectral and spatial selectivity of luminance vision in reef fish. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 8. 00118.
19. Champ, C., Wallis, G., Vorobyev, M., Siebeck, U., & Marshall,J. (2014). Visual acuity in a species of coral reef fish: Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 83(1), 31-42.
20. Osorio, D., Vorobyev, M. (2008) The evolution of animal colour vision and visual communication signals. Vision Research, 48, 2042-2051.
21. Cassey, P., Ewen, J.G., Blackburn, T.M., Hauber, M., Vorobyev, M., Marshall, J. (2008). Eggshell colour does not predict measures of maternal investment in eggs of Turdus thrushes. Naturwissenschaften, 95, 713-721.
22. Chiao C., Osorio D., Vorobyev M., Cronin T.W. (2000). Characterization of natural illuminants in forests and the use of digital video data to reconstruct illuminant spectra. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 17, 1713-1721.
23. Chiao C., Vorobyev M., Cronin T.W., Osorio D. (2000). Spectral tuning of dichromats to natural scenes. Vision Research, 40, 3257-3271.
24. 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.
25. Osorio, D., Vorobyev, M., & Jones, C. (1999). Colour vision in domestic chick. Journal of Experimental Biology, 202, 2951-2959.
26. Osorio, D., Jones, C, & Vorobyev, M. (1999). Accurate memory for colour but not pattern contrast in chicks. Current Biology, 9, 199-202.
27. Vorobyev, M., Osorio, D., Bennett, A.T.D., Marshall, N.J., & Cuthill, I.C. (1998). Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 183, 621-633.
28. Giurfa, M., & Vorobyev, M. (1998). The angular range of achromatic target detection by honeybees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 183, 101-110.
29. Vorobyev, M., & Osorio, D. (1998). Receptor noise as a determinant of colour thresholds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 265, 351-358.
30. Osorio, D., & Vorobyev, M. (1997). Sepia tones, signals and the uses of colour. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 167-168.
31. Brandt, R., & Vorobyev, M. (1997). Metric analysis of increment threshold spectral sensitivity in the honeybee. Vision Research, 37, 425-439.
32. Vorobyev, M., Brandt, R. (1997). How do insect pollinators discriminate colours. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45, 103-114.
33. Vorobyev, M. Gumbert, A., Kunze, J., Giurfa, M., & Menzel, R. (1997). Flowers through the insect eyes. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45, 93-102.
34. 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.
35. Menzel, R., Gumbert, A., Kunze, J., Shmida, A., & Vorobyev, M. (1997). Pollinator’s strategies in finding flowers. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 45, 141-156.
36. Osorio, D., & Vorobyev, M. (1996). Colour vision as an adaptation to frugivory in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 263, 593-599.
37. 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. 

Book chapters
1. de Ibarra, Natalie Hempel, and Misha Vorobyev. “Insect color vision.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. 2021.
2. Vorobyev, M. (2020). Color in invertebrate vision. In: Fritzsch, B (Ed) and Martin P.R. (Volume Editor), The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference, Vol. 1, Academic Press, San Diego, pp 487-492.
3. Marshall, N.J., Vorobyev, M., & Siebeck, U. (2006). What a reef fish sees when it sees a reef fish? Eating “Nemo”©. In: F. Ladich, S.P. Collin, P. Moller, B.G. Kapoor (Eds.). Communication in fishes, Vol 2, Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, pp 393-423.
4. Osorio D., Vorobyev M., & Jacobs G.H. (2005). The ecology of the primate eye: retinal sampling and colour vision. In: J. Kremers (Ed.). The primate visual system. A comparative approach, Wiley, UK, pp. 99-127.
5. Marshall, N.J. & Vorobyev, M. (2003). The design of color signals and color vision in fishes. In: S.P. Collin & N.J. Marshall (Eds.). Sensory processing in aquatic environments. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 194-223.
6. Vorobyev M. (1997). Costs and benefits of increasing the dimensionality of colour vision system. In: C. Tadei-Ferretti (Ed.). Biophysics of photoreception: molecular and phototransductive events, World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 280-289.
7. Vorobyev M. (1997). Discrimination of natural colours and receptor spectral sensitivity functions. In: C. Tadei-Ferretti (Ed.). Biophysics of photoreception: molecular and phototransductive events, World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 263-272.