ReviewProceedings. Biological sciences2007
Predator perception and the interrelation between different forms of protective coloration.
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- Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
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- Control of high-speed jumps in muscle and spring actuated systems: a comparative study of take-off energetics in bush-crickets (Mecopoda elongata) and locusts (Schistocerca gregaria).Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2023Article
- Dynamic colour change as a signalling tool in bluelined goatfish (Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Signal detectability and boldness are not the same: the function of defensive coloration in nudibranchs is distance-dependent.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- The evolution of conspicuousness in frogs: When to signal toxicity?Journal of evolutionary biology · 2022Article
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- Anatomy of bristles on the nares and rictus of western barn owls (Tyto alba).Journal of anatomy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Animals possess a range of defensive markings to reduce the risk of predation, including warning colours, camouflage, eyespots and mimicry. These different strategies are frequently considered independently, and with little regard towards predator vision, even though they may be linked in various ways and can be fully understood only in terms of predator perception. For example, camouflage and warning coloration need not be mutually exclusive, and may frequently exploit similar features of visual perception. This paper outlines how different forms of protective markings can be understood from predator perception and illustrates how this is fundamental in determining the mechanisms underlying, and the interrelation between, different strategies. Suggestions are made for future work, and potential mechanisms discussed in relation to various forms of defensive coloration, including disruptive coloration, eyespots, dazzle markings, motion camouflage, aposematism and mimicry.
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