The key role of behaviour in animal camouflage

M Stevens, GD Ruxton - Biological Reviews, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Animal camouflage represents one of the most important ways of preventing (or facilitating)
predation. It attracted the attention of the earliest evolutionary biologists, and today remains …

Cognition and the evolution of camouflage

J Skelhorn, C Rowe - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2016‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Camouflage is one of the most widespread forms of anti-predator defence and prevents prey
individuals from being detected or correctly recognized by would-be predators. Over the past …

Optimal background matching camouflage

C Michalis, NE Scott-Samuel… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Background matching is the most familiar and widespread camouflage strategy: avoiding
detection by having a similar colour and pattern to the background. Optimizing background …

Improvement of individual camouflage through background choice in ground-nesting birds

M Stevens, J Troscianko, JK Wilson-Aggarwal… - Nature ecology & …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Animal camouflage is a longstanding example of adaptation. Much research has tested how
camouflage prevents detection and recognition, largely focusing on changes to an animal's …

Camouflage through behavior in moths: the role of background matching and disruptive coloration

C Kang, M Stevens, J Moon, SI Lee… - Behavioral …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Camouflage can be attained via mechanisms such as background matching (resembling the
general background) and disruptive coloration (hindering the detection of an animal's …

Microhabitat choice in island lizards enhances camouflage against avian predators

KLA Marshall, KE Philpot, M Stevens - Scientific Reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Camouflage can often be enhanced by genetic adaptation to different local environments.
However, it is less clear how individual behaviour improves camouflage effectiveness. We …

[HTML][HTML] Better red than dead: plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs

B Seymoure, T Parrish, K Egan, M Furr, D Irwin… - Basic and Applied …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Anthropogenic light at night is growing exponentially while many insect populations are in
decline. Many nocturnal insects provide numerous ecosystem services and are attracted to …

[ספר][B] Cheats and deceits: how animals and plants exploit and mislead

M Stevens - 2016‏ - books.google.com
In nature, trickery and deception are widespread. Animals and plants mimic other objects or
species in the environment for protection, trick other species into rearing their young, lure …

Avian vision models and field experiments determine the survival value of peppered moth camouflage

OC Walton, M Stevens - Communications Biology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Animal defensive coloration has long provided many important examples of evolution and
adaptation. Of these, industrial melanism in the peppered moth is the classic textbook …

Rock pool fish use a combination of colour change and substrate choice to improve camouflage

SP Smithers, R Rooney, A Wilson, M Stevens - Animal Behaviour, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Camouflage can be achieved by both morphological (eg colour, brightness and pattern
change) and behavioural (eg substrate preference) means. Much of the research on …