Camouflage

IC Cuthill - Journal of Zoology, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Animal camouflage has long been used to illustrate the power of natural selection, and
provides an excellent testbed for investigating the trade‐offs affecting the adaptive value of …

How camouflage works

S Merilaita, NE Scott-Samuel… - … Transactions of the …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
For camouflage to succeed, an individual has to pass undetected, unrecognized or
untargeted, and hence it is the processing of visual information that needs to be deceived …

The evolution of cognitive bias

MG Haselton, D Nettle… - The handbook of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
One of the most dramatic demonstrations of the role of the mind in one's apprehension of the
world is the existence of cognitive biases. This chapter presents a three‐category framework …

Variation in mate choice and mating preferences: a review of causes and consequences

MD Jennions, M Petrie - Biological Reviews, 1997‏ - cambridge.org
The aim of this review is to consider variation in mating preferences among females. We
define mating preferences as the sensory and behavioural properties that influence the …

Using digital photography to study animal coloration

M Stevens, CA Párraga, IC Cuthill… - Biological Journal of …, 2007‏ - academic.oup.com
In understanding how visual signals function, quantifying the components of those patterns
is vital. With the ever-increasing power and availability of digital photography, many studies …

Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours

M Vorobyev, D Osorio, ATD Bennett… - Journal of Comparative …, 1998‏ - Springer
There is a growing body of data on avian eyes, including measurements of visual pigment
and oil droplet spectral absorption, and of receptor densities and their distributions across …

Comparing entire colour patterns as birds see them

JA Endler, PW MIELKE JR - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Colour patterns and their visual backgrounds consist of a mosaic of patches that vary in
colour, brightness, size, shape and position. Most studies of crypsis, aposematism, sexual …

Quantified interference and diffraction in single Morpho butterfly scales

P Vukusic, JR Sambles… - Proceedings of the …, 1999‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Brilliant iridescent colouring in male butterflies enables long–range conspecific
communication and it has long been accepted that microstructures, rather than pigments …

Costly sexual signals: are carotenoids rare, risky or required?

VA Olson, IPF Owens - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1998‏ - cell.com
Theories of animal signalling emphasize the importance of costliness—to be effective,
signals must be dependable; to be dependable, signals must carry costs—and carotenoid …

Animal cognition and animal behaviour

SJ Shettleworth - Animal behaviour, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Cognitive processes such as perception, learning, memory and decision making play an
important role in mate choice, foraging and many other behaviours. In this review, I …