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, 2023 Crypsis is one of the defens mechanisms used by animals to hide from predators. It is a form of coloring that allows prey to blend in with their surroundings or makes difficult for predators to see them due to disruptive coloration.
Záhorová, Kristýna
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THE SELECTIVE ADVANTAGE OF CRYPSIS IN MICE [PDF]
Evolution, 2010 The light color of mice that inhabit the sandy dunes of Florida's coast have served as a textbook example of adaptation for nearly a century, despite the fact that the selective advantage of crypsis has never been directly tested or quantified in nature.
Sacha N, Vignieri +2 more
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Camouflaging moving objects: crypsis and masquerade [PDF]
Behavioral Ecology, 2017 Motion is generally assumed to "break" camouflage. However, although camouflage cannot conceal a group of moving animals, it may impair a predator's ability to single one out for attack, even if that discrimination is not based on a color difference. Here, we use a computer-based task in which humans had to detect the odd one out among moving objects ...
Hall, Jo +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 In heterogeneous habitats, camouflage via background matching can be challenging because visual characteristics can vary dramatically across small spatial scales.
Marleen Baling +3 more
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023 A little-studied characteristic of the Mexican native fish Dormitator latifrons is the effect that the color of the bottom or lining of ponds or tubs can have on their growth and blood parameters under controlled conditions.
D. J. Palma-Cancino +4 more
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, 2023 Data from Matthews and Chapple " Crypsis or camaraderie: testing the function of a colour pattern polymorphism in a lizard "
David Chapple (8862611) +1 more
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THE ORIGIN OF POLYMORPHIC CRYPSIS IN A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
Evolution, 2010 Polymorphic crypsis has been observed in several taxa, but has, until now, lacked a firm theoretical understanding. How does a single morph, well camouflaged in one type of habitat, evolve crypsis in another, not isolated, habitat? We here analyze a model of one prey species living in two different habitats connected by passive dispersal.
Jennie, Nilsson, Jörgen, Ripa
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Roosting ecology and the evolution of pelage markings in bats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Multiple lineages of bats have evolved striking facial and body pelage makings, including spots, stripes and countershading. Although researchers have hypothesized that these markings mainly evolved for crypsis, this idea has never been tested in a ...
Sharlene E Santana +3 more
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Camouflage and Exploratory Avoidance of Newborn Cuttlefish under Warming and Acidification
Biology, 2022 Ocean warming and acidification have been shown to elicit deleterious effects on cephalopod mollusks, especially during early ontogeny, albeit effects on behavior remain largely unexplored.
Mélanie Court +6 more
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Lateralisation of eye use in learning crypsis-breaking skin-pattern responses in Sepia officinalis
, 2021 Investigating whether visual lateralisation in Sepia officinalis is accompanied by asymmetries in skin-pattern learning in the context of learnt crypsis-breaking skin-pattern ...
Nicola Clayton, Nathaniel Wright
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