Animal camouflage [electronic resource] : mechanisms and function / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita.
Stevens, Martin, 1982-; Merilaita, Sami.
2011
QL759 .A55 2011eb
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Title
Animal camouflage [electronic resource] : mechanisms and function / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita.
ISBN
9781139127974 (electronic book)
1139127977 (electronic book)
9780521199117
0521199115
9780521152570
0521152577
Publication Details
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 357 p., [16] p. of col. plates) : ill.
Item Number
9786613298492
Call Number
QL759 .A55 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.47/2
Summary
"In the last decade, research on the previously dormant field of camouflage has advanced rapidly, with numerous studies challenging traditional concepts, investigating previously untested theories and incorporating a greater appreciation of the visual and cognitive systems of the observer. Using studies of both real animals and artificial systems, this book synthesises the current state of play in camouflage research and understanding. It introduces the different types of camouflage and how they work, including background matching, disruptive coloration and obliterative shading. It also demonstrates the methodologies used to study them and discusses how camouflage relates to other subjects, particularly with regard to what it can tell us about visual perception. The mixture of primary research and reviews shows students and researchers where the field currently stands and where exciting and important problems remain to be solved, illustrating how the study of camouflage is likely to progress in the future"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Stevens, Martin, 1982-
Merilaita, Sami.
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1. Animal camouflage : function and mechanisms / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita
2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens
3. The concealment of body parts through coincident disruptive coloration / Innes C. Cuthill and Aron Székely
4. The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading / Hannah M. Rowland
5. Camouflage-breaking mathematical operators and countershading / Ariel Tankus and Yehezkel Yeshurun
6. Nature's artistry : revisiting Abbott H. Thayer's assertions about camouflage in art, war and nature / Roy R. Behrens
7. Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patterns / Richard J. Webster, Alison Callahan, Jean-Guy J. Godin and Thomas N. Sherratt
8. Camouflage and visual perception / Tom Troscianko, Christopher P. Benton, P. George Lovell, David J. Tolhurst and Zygmunt Pizlo
9. Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods / R.T. Hanlon, Chuan-Chin C. Chiao, Lydia M. Mäthger, Kendra C. Buresch, Alexandra Barbosa, Justine J. Allen, Liese Siemann and Charles Chubb
10. What can camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception? : a case study of multiple cue use in the cuttlefish (Sepia spp.) / Sarah Zylinski and Daniel Osorio
11. Camouflage in marine fish / Justin Marshall and Sönke Johnsen
12. Camouflage in decorator crabs : integrating ecological, behavioural and evolutionary approaches / Kristin M. Hultgren and John J. Stachowicz
13. Camouflage in colour changing animals : trade-offs and constraints / Devi Stuart-Fox and Adnan Moussalli
14. The multiple disguises of spiders / Marc Théry, Teresita C. Insausti, Jérémy Defrize and Jérôme Casas
15. Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgrounds / Kevin R. Abbott and Reuven Dukas
16. The functions of black and white colouration in mammals : review and synthesis / Tim Caro
17. Evidence for camouflage involving senses other than vision / Graeme D. Ruxton.

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