Size-dependent predation risk in cryptic prey

MQR Pembury Smith, GD Ruxton - Journal of Ethology, 2021 - Springer
… Furthermore, the effect of size on other cryptic strategies has been entirely neglected, with
… the most effective at concealing the body outline. Subsequently, for models with a disruptive

Iridescence as camouflage

K Kjernsmo, HM Whitney, NE Scott-Samuel, JR Hall… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
color changeability of biological iridescence, produced by multilayer cuticle reflectors in jewel
beetle (Sternocera aequisignata) wing cases, provides effective … through concealment. For …

Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals

M Tan, S Zhang, M Stevens, D Li, EJ Tan - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… However, unlike strategies that are aimed at concealing motion, in this section we focus on
… that are effective for stationary animals (such as background matching, disruptive colouration)…

Rapid body color change provides lizards with facultative crypsis in the eyes of their avian predators

KL Wuthrich, A Nagel, L Swierk - The American Naturalist, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
… camouflaging strategy by form (eg, color matching vs. edge … the additional insurance of
disruptive coloration (false edges) … effect models to test how GabRat values (edge disruption) for …

Camouflage in lichen moths: Field predation experiments and avian vision modelling demonstrate the importance of wing pattern elements and background for …

CJ Mark, JC O'Hanlon, GI Holwell - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
strategy that relies on the visual resemblance between a prey organism and its background
to promote concealmentDisruptive coloration comprises of typically high contrast markings …

Overcoming the detectability costs of symmetrical coloration

JB Wainwright, NE Scott-Samuel… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
strategy in the animal kingdom [1–3], but one seemingly paradoxical feature of concealing
coloration is … with moth family as an additional random effect. The results for absolute salience …

The effect of pelage, background, and distance on predator detection and the evolution of primate color vision

PZ de Moraes, P Diniz, MHC Spyrides… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of pelage coloration typical of disruptive camouflage (… the higher efficiency of these carnivores'
disruptive coloration in … hunting strategies, the adaptive value of primate color vision for …

Protective coloration of European vipers throughout the predation sequence

JK Valkonen, A Vakkila, S Pesari, L Tuominen… - Animal Behaviour, 2020 - Elsevier
… (2017), we suggest that the flicker–fusion effect should be viewed as a mechanism (not as
an antipredator strategy) that can change the appearance of a moving prey if it moves fast …

Neoptile feathers contribute to outline concealment of precocial chicks

VA Rohr, T Volkmer, D Metzler, C Küpper - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
… camouflage often through disruptive colouration. Here, we … adaptive colouration strategies
among animals 1 . One … Fourth, we investigated the effect of background complexity on the …

Invisible or fearless: tadpole response to predator cues depends on color

GR Melo, M Solé, PC Eterovick - Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
color or changed activity levels in the presence of any predator cue. Our results corroborate
the hypothesis of disruptive coloration as a defense strategy … then choose concealing yellow …