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prof. dr. D.G. (Doekele) Stavenga

Professor

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 39111

+31 6 4302 1180

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d.g.stavenga rug.nl

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Publications

Butterfly blues and greens caused by subtractive colour mixing of carotenoids and bile pigments

Stavenga, D. G., May-2024, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 210, p. 371–380 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Morpho butterfly flashiness crucially depends on wing scale curvature

Sosa Espinosa, J., Stavenga, D. G., van der Kooi, C. J. & Giraldo, M. A., 13-Nov-2024, In: Biology Letters. 20, 11, p. 20240358 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Butterfly wing translucence enables enhanced visual signaling

Stavenga, D. G., Leertouwer, H. L. & Arikawa, K., 26-Feb-2023, In: Insects. 14, 3, 11 p., 234.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Circadian rhythm entrainment of the jewel wasp, Nasonia vitripennis, by antagonistic interactions of multiple spectral inputs

Wang, Y., Belušič, G., Pen, I., Beukeboom, L. W., Wertheim, B., Stavenga, D. G. & Hut, R. A., 8-Feb-2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290, 1992, 9 p., 20222319.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa

Stavenga, D. G., Jun-2023, In: Science of Nature. 110, 3, 4 p., 22.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes

Stavenga, D. G., Kats, K. & Leertouwer, H. L., Nov-2023, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 209, p. 877–883 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Subtractive colour mixing with bile pigments creates the rich wing palette of Graphium weiskei butterflies

Stavenga, D. G., 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 226, 10, 9 p., jeb245221.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Automated Charting of the Visual Space of Housefly Compound Eyes

Muñoz Arias, M., Douglass, J. K., Wehling, M. F. & Stavenga, D., 31-Mar-2022, In: Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 181, 17 p., e63643.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Mechanisms of flower coloring and eco-evolutionary implications of massive blooming events in the Atacama Desert

Martínez-Harms, J., Guerrero, P. C., Martínez-Harms, M. J., Poblete, N., González, K., Stavenga, D. G. & Vorobyev, M., 21-Oct-2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 13 p., 957318.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Coloration of flowers by flavonoids and consequences of pH dependent absorption

Stavenga, D. G., Leertouwer, H. L., Dudek, B. & van der Kooi, C. J., 8-Jan-2021, In: Frontiers in Plant Science . 11, 600124.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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Press/media

In een lab vol zelfgebouwde instrumenten onderzoekt Doekele Stavenga (83) het geheim van iriserende dierenkleuren

Stavenga, D., Leertouwer, H. & van der Kooi, C.

01/06/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

This insect uses a protein to go green

Stavenga, D.

29/05/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Professional

Eindelijk weten we hoe zoogdieren die naast dinosaurussen leefden eruit zagen

Stavenga, D.

17/03/2025

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

How poppy flowers get those vibrant colours that entice insects

van der Kooi, C. & Stavenga, D.

08/02/2019 → 05/05/2019

Press/Media: Research › Academic

Sophisticated optical secrets revealed in glossy buttercup flowers

van der Kooi, C. & Stavenga, D.

21/02/2017 → 23/02/2017

Press/Media: Research › Academic

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