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 …

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 …

A review of the sentinel prey method as a way of quantifying invertebrate predation under field conditions

GL Lövei, M Ferrante - Insect Science, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sentinel prey can provide a direct, quantitative measure of predation under field conditions.
Live sentinel prey provides more realistic data but rarely allows the partitioning of the total …

Towards an ecology of protective coloration

T Caro, M Koneru - Biological Reviews, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The strategies underlying different forms of protective coloration are well understood but little
attention has been paid to the ecological, life‐history and behavioural circumstances under …

Estimating predation pressure in ecological studies: controlling bias imposed by using sentinel plasticine prey

TS Nimalrathna, ID Solina, AM Mon… - Entomologia …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sentinel plasticine prey has been increasingly used to estimate predation pressure. The use
of plasticine prey may, however, bias the results, as this method was originally designed to …

Eyespot peek‐a‐boo: Leaf rolls enhance the antipredator effect of insect eyespots

EG Postema - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Animal colour patterns are often accompanied by specific, synergistic behaviours to most
effectively defend prey against visual predators. Given the inherent context‐dependence of …

The effectiveness of eyespots and masquerade in protecting artificial prey across ontogenetic and seasonal shifts

EG Postema - Current Zoology, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
When constraints on antipredator coloration shift over the course of development, it can be
advantageous for animals to adopt different color strategies for each life stage. Many …

Size-dependent predation risk in cryptic prey

MQR Pembury Smith, GD Ruxton - Journal of Ethology, 2021‏ - Springer
Visual crypsis of prey is determined by the interaction between an individual's physical
appearance to their predators and visual aspects of their environment. Physical size will …

Ground-level predation on artificial caterpillars indicates no enemy-free time for lepidopteran larvae

M Ferrante, G Barone, M Kiss… - Community …, 2017‏ - akjournals.com
Lepidoptera is one of the most diverse orders of insects, their larvae are very abundant in
many habitats, and frequent prey of various predators. To decrease predation risk …

From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace's flying frogs

S Stückler, XI Dawkins, MJ Fuxjager… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Springer
A diversity of defence colourations that shift over time provides protection against natural
enemies. Adaptations for camouflage depend on an organism's interactions with the natural …