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Eyespots in <i>Automeris</i> Moths Mimic Sympatric Owl Species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Skojec C, Godfrey RK, Adams B, Nazrul N, Earl C, McTammany A, Kawahara AY, Shirey V, Umbers KDL.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

First morphological description of the Galápagos pink iguana (<i>Conolophus marthae</i>) hatchling: a critical step for its conservation. [PDF]

PeerJ
Carrión-Tacuri J, Sevilla C, Cadena-Murillo JP, Castro W, Chimborazo W, Cueva A, Gil-Jaramillo C, Jiménez Carrión R, Yépez Ruiz J, Lewbart GA, Páez-Rosas D, Gibbs JP.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Habitat Fragmentation in Urbanized Landscapes Favors Bird Species With Darker Plumage. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Wang Y, Xie J, Liu Y, Yu S, Sheng S, Liao L, Zhang K, Xu Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Orientation to the Sun by Animals and Its Interaction With Crypsis [PDF]

Functional Ecology, 2015
Summary Orientation with respect to the sun has been observed in a wide range of species and has generally been interpreted in terms of thermoregulation and/or ultraviolet (UV) protection. For countershaded animals, orientation with respect to the sun may also result from the pressure to exploit the gradient of coloration optimally to enhance crypsis.
Graeme Ruxton, Olivier Penacchio, Julie M. Harris   +2 more
exaly   +9 more sources

Crypsis Decreases With Elevation in a Lizard [PDF]

Diversity, 2019
Predation usually selects for visual crypsis, the colour matching between an animal and its background. Geographic co-variation between animal and background colourations is well known, but how crypsis varies along elevational gradients remains unknown.
Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho, Senda Reguera Panizo, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

An Overview of the Relationships Between Mimicry and Crypsis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1981
There have been many different and conflicting definitions of mimicry. Some of the definitions of mimicry include crypsis and others do not. Each definition includes different groups of phenomena and uses different criteria to distinguish mimetic from non-mimetic phenomena.
John Endler
exaly   +3 more sources

Crypsis Through Disruptive Coloration in an Isopod [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 1998
The white–spotted colour morph of the marine isopod Idotea baltica appears cryptic on the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus with its white–coloured epizoites Electra crustulenta and Balanus improvisus . This study shows that the crypsis of this coloration is achieved through disruptive coloration rather than through background matching.
Sami Merilaita
exaly   +3 more sources

Crypsis in Sandhoppers [PDF]

Italian Journal of Zoology, 1992
Abstract To estimate the matching between the backs of adult Talitrus saltator and the sand from their home beaches, reflectance, and patch shape and size were measured. Results show that in general there is a good matching between sandhopper back patterns and the local sand. Captivity caused a significant difference in the degree of similarity between
Alberto Ugolini, Stefano Bianchi
exaly   +3 more sources

Non-Visual Crypsis: An Updated Review of Current Understanding [PDF]

Evolutionary Ecology
RKM is grateful to the University of St Andrews and the Perry Foundation for funding.Crypsis, a form of camouflage wherein an organism conceals itself by hindering initial detection by a receiver, is widespread in the animal kingdom.
Graeme Ruxton
exaly   +2 more sources