Background Matching, Disruptive Coloration, and Differential Use of Microhabitats in Two Neotropical Grasshoppers With Sexual Dichromatism [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Cryptic coloration is an adaptative defensive mechanism against predators. Color patterns can become cryptic through background coloration‐matching and disruptive coloration.
Víctor Hugo Ramírez-Delgado +1 more
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Biomimetic chameleon soft robot with artificial crypsis and disruptive coloration skin [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Realizing an artificial camouflage device with a high spatial resolution by adapting to the surrounding environment in real-time is a challenging task, mainly associated with device fabrication and integration with sensor and control circuits.
Hyeonseok Kim +5 more
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Disruptive Coloration and Binocular Disparity: Breaking Camouflage [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019 Many species employ camouflage to disguise their true shape and avoid detection or recognition. Disruptive coloration is a form of camouflage in which high-contrast patterns obscure internal features or break up an animal's outline. In particular, edge enhancement creates illusory, or ‘fake’ depth edges within the animal's body.
Erich W Graf +2 more
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Crypsis by background matching and disruptive coloration as drivers of substrate occupation in sympatric Amazonian bark praying mantises [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Background matching and disruptive coloration are common camouflage strategies in nature, but few studies have accurately measured their protective value in living organisms.
João Vitor de Alcantara Viana +8 more
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Plastral Patterns Serve an Anti‐Predator Function in Freshwater Turtle Hatchlings [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionColor and pattern serve as a range of anti‐predator defense mechanisms across taxa, from crypsis to warning coloration, and these phenomena are well described across invertebrate and vertebrate systems.
Morgan A. Clark +2 more
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Effects of Pinglu Canal Construction on Camouflage in Two Sesarmid Crab Species [PDF]
BiologyCanal construction activities alter the visual characteristics of natural habitats, which in turn impairs the camouflage effectiveness of resident animals.
Binyu Zhai +11 more
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Canal Construction Disrupts Camouflage in Two Sympatric Estuarine Crab Species [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionEstuarine ecosystems provide essential habitats for fiddler crabs, whose survival heavily relies on background‐matching camouflage. Anthropogenic modifications such as canal construction can alter the visual properties of these habitats, yet direct ...
Yiran Huang +6 more
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Author Correction: Crypsis by background matching and disruptive coloration as drivers of substrate occupation in sympatric Amazonian bark praying mantises [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 João Vitor de Alcantara Viana +8 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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Unexpected Encounter: A New Genus of Orthosiini (Noctuidae: Hadeninae) Revealed by Tit Predation in Late-Winter Baihuashan National Nature Reserve, Beijing [PDF]
InsectsDuring a late-winter field survey in Baihuashan National Nature Reserve, Beijing, several noctuid moths were observed flying during the daytime at low temperatures and being actively preyed upon by Marsh tits, which removed the heads and wings of ...
Jun Wu +3 more
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