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List of contributors | p. ix |
Animal camouflage: Function and mechanisms | p. 1 |
Crypsis through background matching | p. 17 |
The concealment of body parts through coincident disruptive coloration | p. 34 |
The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading | p. 53 |
Camouflage-breaking mathematical operators and countershading | p. 73 |
Nature's artistry: Abbott H. Thayer's assertions about camouflage in art, war and nature | p. 87 |
Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patterns | p. 101 |
Camouflage and visual perception | p. 118 |
Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods | p. 145 |
What can camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception? A case study of multiple cue use in cuttlefish (Sepia spp.) | p. 164 |
Camouflage in marine fish | p. 186 |
Camouflage in decorator crabs: Integrating ecological, behavioural and evolutionary approaches | p. 212 |
Camouflage in colour-changing animals: Trade-offs and constraints | p. 237 |
The multiple disguises of spiders | p. 254 |
Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgrounds | p. 275 |
The functions of black-and-white coloration in mammals: Review and synthesis | p. 298 |
Evidence for camouflage involving senses other than vision | p. 330 |
Index | p. 351 |
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