… where their nests are exposed to visual predators. We studied whether individual females
chose nest substrates that improved the camouflage of their eggs. Using images of nests and …

… We therefore analysed them separately, predicting that adult camouflage should be more
important than egg camouflage for nightjar clutch survival. Note that our hypothesis makes a …

… To do so, we compared egg camouflage for the conspecific comparisons and comparisons
on the metre scale after excluding the area potentially containing any scrape (based on the …

… We might speculate that egg camouflage could be directly assessed visually, predicting
that escape behavior should respond to experimentally manipulated background matching. …

… disentangle from camouflage alone, particularly in nests that hold the eggs off the ground and
… system for investigating the camouflage strategies used to conceal nests because the raw …

… -off in nest material choices by a ground-nester, the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus,
between the need for egg camouflage and to avoid egg overheating. This species nests in …

… eggs and four clean eggs in eight artificial nests … egg per nest; total of 100 soiled and 100
clean eggs). Two seated observers wearing camouflage capes recorded behavior at four nests …

… the effects of egg–nest colour matching on egg survival in … We quantified the ground colour
of eggshells and that of the nest … to camouflage eggs from predators since eggs appeared to …

… birds is thought to reduce predation, with camouflaged eggs that more closely match the …
the nest. We predicted that nests with eggs of colors more closely matching the nest substrate …

… egg color influences egg predation in groundnesting birds. Therefore, we examined the effect
of egg color in a ground-nesting … We used natural eggs of this species, taking advantage of …