Crypsis via leg clustering: twig masquerading in a spider [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 The role of background matching in camouflage has been extensively studied. However, contour modification has received far less attention, especially in twig-mimicking species.
Shichang Zhang +2 more
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When the Cover Burns: Behavioral and Morphological Responses of Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) to Increased Openness in Post‐Fire Environments [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity due to human activity, yet the behavioral and morphological responses of animals to post‐fire stressors remain poorly understood.
Elmer E. Gutierrez, Breanna J. Putman
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Assessing the Impact of Environment on the Color of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) in the Wild [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAnimal coloration is a complex phenotype that may be affected by genetics, evolution, ecology, and environment. Disentangling the impact of environment on phenotype can often be done in laboratory studies, but the results do not necessarily correspond to
Georgina Jaimes +2 more
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Coloration in a Praying Mantis: Color Change, Sexual Color Dimorphism, and Possible Camouflage Strategies [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBackground matching, an important form of camouflage, can be challenging for animals that range across heterogeneously colored habitats. To remain cryptic in such habitats, animals may employ color change, background choice, or generalist coloration, and
Leah Y. Rosenheim +2 more
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Oriental reed warblers retain strong egg recognition abilities during the nestling stage [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionEgg recognition and rejection are the most common and effective anti‐parasitic strategies against avian brood parasitism in terms of maintaining stability over time and plasticity in response to environmental cues.
Laikun Ma +4 more
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Common cuckoo females remove more conspicuous eggs during parasitism [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Avian obligate brood parasites gain an advantage by removing the eggs of the cuckoos who have already visited the nest, which can increase the chances of survival for their offspring.
Longwu Wang +3 more
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Role of body size and shape in animal camouflage [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAnimal camouflage serves a dual purpose in that it enhances both predation efficiency and anti‐predation strategies, such as background matching, disruptive coloration, countershading, and masquerade, for predators and prey, respectively.
Hongmin Yu, Zhixue Lin, Fanrong Xiao
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Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Adaptations to sound production behaviour can reduce the detectability of animal signals by eavesdroppers in a phenomenon known as acoustic crypsis.
Julia M. Zeh +2 more
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Camouflage effects of various colour-marking morphs against different microhabitat backgrounds in a polymorphic pygmy grasshopper Tetrix japonica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Colour-marking polymorphism is widely distributed among cryptic species. To account for the adaptive significance of such polymorphisms, several hypotheses have been proposed to date.
Kaori Tsurui +2 more
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The evolution of crypsis when pigmentation is physiologically costly
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020 Predation is one of the main selective forces in nature, frequently selecting for crypsis in prey. Visual crypsis usually implies the deposition of pigments in the integument. However, acquisition, synthesis, mobilisation and maintenance of pigments may
G. Moreno–Rueda
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