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 …
Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …
Background Quantifying the conspicuousness of objects against particular backgrounds is key to understanding the evolution and adaptive value of animal coloration, and in …
KR Smith, V Cadena, JA Endler… - The American …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Animal coloration has multiple functions including thermoregulation, camouflage, and social signaling, and the requirements of each function may sometimes conflict. Many terrestrial …
Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human …
The geometrical properties of eggs–such as volume and surface area–have uses ranging from ecological, physiological and morphological studies in birds, to predictions of chick …
Bird eggs are amazing biological structures. For some, they are religiously revered as symbols of fertility and birth; for most, they are simply regarded as breakfast. However, eggs …
J Skelhorn, C Rowe - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Camouflage is one of the most widespread forms of anti-predator defence and prevents prey individuals from being detected or correctly recognized by would-be predators. Over the past …
X Bu, H Bai - Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2023 - Springer
T he adaptability of biological organisms to the environment is reflected in many aspects, especially in their camouflage of appearance. Inspired by biological camouflage strategies …