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Camouflaged and Watchful: Stonefish Escape Behavior on Crowded Reefs
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringUnderstanding escape behavior in cryptic and venomous reef fishes is critical for both ecological theory and public safety in coastal environments. We quantified the Flight Initiation Distance (FID) of 65 individual stonefish (Synanceia spp.) across four
Lena Younger, Samai Peretz, Reuven Yosef
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Shell color polymorphism in marine gastropods
Evolutionary Applications, 2023 Marine gastropods are characterized by an incredible variation in shell color. In this review, we aim to introduce researchers to previous studies of shell color polymorphism in this group of animals, trying to provide an overview of the topic and ...
Juan Gefaell +2 more
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Aromatic plants, nest bacterial diversity, and nestling condition in Corsican blue tits
Oikos, EarlyView.According to the ‘nest protection hypothesis', some passerines incorporate fresh aromatic plants into their nests which reduce pathogens that can negatively affect nestlings. We experimentally evaluated the effect of five aromatic plant species on the nest bacterial microbiota of Corsican blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus.
Hélène Dion‐Phénix +5 more
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All-metallic wide-angle metasurfaces for multifunctional polarization manipulation
Opto-Electronic Advances, 2019 Optical camouflage is a magical capability of animals as first noticed in 1794 by Erasmus Darwin in Zoonomia, but current biomimetic camouflage strategies cannot be readily applied in complex environments involving multispectral and in particular multi ...
Ma Xiaoliang +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Variation in aposematic signals was once predicted to be rare, yet in recent years it has become increasingly well documented. Despite increases in the frequency with which polytypism and polymorphism have been suggested to occur, population-wide ...
Justin Yeager, James B. Barnett
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Oikos, EarlyView.Some prey species have evolved background matching, that is they resemble their surrounding environment in terms of colour and/or brightness. When prey populations inhabit patchy environments, they may even have evolved specialised phenotypes: each phenotype matching a specific subset of patches.
Lilian Cabon, Holger Schielzeth
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Aposematic signaling and seasonal variation in dorsal pelage in a venomous mammal
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 In mammals, colouration patterns are often related to concealment, intraspecific communication, including aposematic signals, and physiological adaptations.
K. Anne‐Isola Nekaris +5 more
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Crypsis in the Pelagic Environment [PDF]
American Zoologist, 1990 Pelagic aquatic environments differ from terrestrial environments in being three-dimensional and relatively homogeneous, rather than two-dimensional and heterogeneous. The present paper examines the causes and consequences of these differences in the context of their influence on the interactions of animals with environmental light. Particular emphasis
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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.
Gregorio Moreno-Rueda +4 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.To cope with highly stochastic and/or heterogeneous environmental conditions, animals must balance energy resource allocation across physiological processes. The digestive tract and brain exhibit structural variations under strong developmental and selective pressures that vary across environmental gradients both between and within species.
Yimei Yan +9 more
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