ArticleEcology and evolution2020
Spatial and temporal variation in prey color patterns for background matching across a continuous heterogeneous environment.
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- Eyespot peek-a-boo: Leaf rolls enhance the antipredator effect of insect eyespots.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Intrapopulation variability in coloration is associated with reproductive season in the crayfishCurrent zoology · 2025Article
- Coloration in a Praying Mantis: Color Change, Sexual Color Dimorphism, and Possible Camouflage Strategies.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Generalist camouflage can be more successful than microhabitat specialisation in natural environments.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Spatial and temporal variation in prey color patterns for background matching across a continuous heterogeneous environment.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Varying benefits of generalist and specialist camouflage in two versus four background environments.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
In heterogeneous habitats, camouflage via background matching can be challenging because visual characteristics can vary dramatically across small spatial scales. Additionally, temporal variation in signaling functions of coloration can affect crypsis, especially when animals use coloration seasonally for intraspecific signaling (e.g., mate selection). We currently have a poor understanding of how wild prey optimize background matching within continuously heterogeneous habitats, and whether this is affected by requirements of intraspecific signaling across biological seasons. Here, we quantified color patterns of a wild population of shore skink (
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