Towards an ecology of protective coloration

T Caro, M Koneru - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
coloration strategies (13/13, see Table 2) either within an individual or a species. Most forms
of disruptive coloration … -shadow concealment through countershading will be more effective

Predator responses to prey camouflage strategies: a meta-analysis

JV de Alcantara Viana, C Vieira… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… in the effectiveness of camouflage strategies in the literature, … 21,22], we predict that disruptive
coloration will promote a greater … that strategies primarily focused on prey concealment will …

Finding a signal hidden among noise: how can predators overcome camouflage strategies?

JAM Galloway, SD Green… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… reduce the SNR by concealing the body's appearance within … and increased levels of disruptive
coloration, whereas crabs in … As prey generally evolve defences that are effective against …

Camouflage in predators

MQR Pembury Smith, GD Ruxton - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Here we review work on the camouflage strategies used by … focusing on the efficacy of
crypsis strategies, there are many … Disruptive colouration provides concealment from prey when …

Testing background matching and disruptive colouration in a sexually dichromatic grasshopper: a computer detection experiment

VH Ramírez‐Delgado… - Entomologia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… cryptic strategies in their colouration: males are more disruptive … be concealed through a
colouration pattern that causes visual … the effectiveness of background matching and disruptive

Transparency improves concealment in cryptically coloured moths

M Arias, M Elias, C Andraud, S Berthier… - Journal of evolutionary …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… However, whether transparency has any effect at reducing detectability of already cryptic prey
is … , as well as the costs and other potential benefits associated with transparency on land. …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and colored disruption as camouflage strategies in two sympatric Asian box turtle species (Cuora spp.)

R Bu, F Xiao, PG Lovell, Z Ye, H Shi - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Disruptive coloration is a common camouflage strategy that … Considering that the illusory
depth edges help conceal … former species exerted a stronger disruptive effect. The carapaces of …

Background complexity can mitigate poor camouflage

ZW Rowe, DJD Austin… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… , and of compromise strategies to all backgrounds. … that the concealment benefits of high
background luminance contrast disappear for rarer background matching samples. The effect of …

Background matching, disruptive coloration, and differential use of microhabitats in two neotropical grasshoppers with sexual dichromatism

VH Ramírez‐Delgado… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
coloration-matching (colors that resemble the general color of the visual background) and
disruptive coloration (patterns that concealeffectiveness of both coloration cryptic strategies

Color under pressure: how multiple factors shape defensive coloration

EG Postema, MK Lippey… - Behavioral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… produce a striking array of color strategies—many of which must … multifunctional color patterns,
and three key strategies of … Color plasticity appears to be an effective strategy for dealing …