In the last few years, there has been an explosion of camouflage studies. The renewed
interest in concealment has partly arisen following a growing body of research into warning …

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 …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Organisms capable of rapid physiological colour change have become model taxa in the
study of camouflage because they are able to respond dynamically to the changes in their …

The ability to change appearance over a range of timescales is widespread in nature,
existing in many invertebrate and vertebrate groups. This can include color change …

Coleoid cephalopods (octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes) are the only branch of the animal
kingdom outside of vertebrates to have evolved both a large brain and camera-type eyes …

Abstract In 1909, Abbott Thayer suggested that the study of animal coloration lies in the
domain of artists because it deals with optical illusions. He proposed, for example, that prey …

Primates exhibit a striking diversity of colors and patterns in their pelage and skin markings,
used in functions as diverse as camouflage to sexual signaling. In studying primate colors, it …

Camouflage is perhaps the most widespread anti-predator defense in nature, with many
different types thought to exist. Of these, resembling the general color and pattern of the …

Camouflage is a widespread phenomenon throughout nature and an important antipredator
tactic in natural selection. Many visual predators have keen color perception, and thus …