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Age and Appearance Shape Behavioral Responses of Phasmids in a Dynamic Environment
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Although morphological adaptations leading to crypsis or mimicry have been studied extensively, their interaction with particular behaviors to avoid detection or recognition is understudied.
Sebastian Pohl +7 more
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Mixed-phenotype grouping: the interaction between oddity and crypsis [PDF]
, 2012 Aggregations of different-looking animals are frequently seen in nature, despite well-documented selection pressures on individuals to maintain phenotypically homogenous groups.
Kimbell, Helen +2 more
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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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HABITAT UTILIZATION BY THE TEXAS HORNED LIZARD (PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM) FROM TWO SITES IN CENTRAL TEXAS [PDF]
, 2017 The Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is found in a variety of habitats. Although several studies have been conducted on habitat use by this species, none have been performed in central Texas, a more mesic habitat than most of those previously ...
Anderson, Wesley M. +3 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
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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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Florivory as an opportunity benefit of aposematism [PDF]
, 2015 A.D.H. was supported by the European Research Council (Advanced Grant 250209 to A. Houston) and fellowships from the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/L011921/1).Inconspicuous prey pay a cost of reduced ...
Higginson, Andrew D. +2 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Advances in digital imaging and software tools have provided increasingly accessible datasets and methods for analysing colour evolution. Despite the variety of computational packages available, most rely on colour classification before running analyses.
Shawn T. Schwartz +7 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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Colour change of twig-mimicking peppered moth larvae is a continuous reaction norm that increases camouflage against avian predators [PDF]
, 2017 Camouflage, and in particular background-matching, is one of the most commonanti-predator strategies observed in nature. Animals can improve their match to thecolour/pattern of their surroundings through background selection, and/or by plasticcolour ...
Eacock, Amy +3 more
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