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Disruptive Colouration and Perceptual Grouping [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Camouflage is the primary defence of many animals and includes multiple strategies that interfere with figure-ground segmentation and object recognition.
Innes C Cuthill
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Dissociating the effect of disruptive colouration on localisation and identification of camouflaged targets [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 Disruptive camouflage features contrasting areas of pigmentation across the animals’ surface that form false edges which disguise the shape of the body and impede detection.
Rebecca J Sharman, P George Lovell
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Edge-Enhanced Disruptive Camouflage Impairs Shape Discrimination [PDF]
i-Perception, 2019 Disruptive colouration (DC) is a form of camouflage comprised of areas of pigmentation across a target’s surface that form false edges, which are said to impede detection by disguising the outline of the target.
Rebecca J. Sharman, P. George Lovell
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Factors Driving Background Choice in Scorpionfish [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionFor a successful hunt, marine ambush predators such as scorpionfish need to be well camouflaged to deceive their prey. When the natural environment is heterogeneous, one strategy to maintain camouflage is choosing backgrounds to achieve better crypsis ...
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Camouflage Using Surface Disruption: The Importance of Corners Versus Edges [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionDisruptive colouration is a common mode of camouflage used by predators and prey to conceal their body contours. However, it is unclear how disruptive colouration hinders the detection and recognition of three‐dimensional (3D) body shapes.
Ruby McLellan +3 more
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Aposematic signaling and seasonal variation in dorsal pelage in a venomous mammal [PDF]
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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Neoptile feathers contribute to outline concealment of precocial chicks [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Camouflage is a widespread strategy to increase survival. The cryptic plumage colouration of precocial chicks improves camouflage often through disruptive colouration.
Veronika A. Rohr +3 more
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PMEL is involved in snake colour pattern transition from blotches to stripes [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCorn snakes are emerging models for animal colouration studies. Here, we focus on the Terrazzo morph, whose skin pattern is characterized by stripes rather than blotches. Using genome mapping, we discover a disruptive mutation in the coding region of the
Athanasia C. Tzika +3 more
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Scorpionfish adjust skin pattern contrast on different backgrounds [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe two scorpionfish species Scorpaena maderensis and S. porcus are well camouflaged ambush predators that rapidly change body colouration to adjust to background colour in less than 1 min.
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 The article presents a potentially obligate association of a pleustid amphipod of the genus Pleusymtes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) with the large sea anemone Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) from shallow waters of ...
Ivan N. Marin +2 more
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