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9780521199117

Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521199117

  • ISBN10:

    0521199115

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-08-15
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

In the last decade, research on the previously dormant field of camouflage has advanced rapidly, with numerous studies challenging traditional concepts, investigating previously untested theories and incorporating a greater appreciation of the visual and cognitive systems of the observer. Using studies of both real animals and artificial systems, this book synthesises the current state of play in camouflage research and understanding. It introduces the different types of camouflage and how they work, including background matching, disruptive coloration and obliterative shading. It also demonstrates the methodologies used to study them and discusses how camouflage relates to other subjects, particularly with regard to what it can tell us about visual perception. The mixture of primary research and reviews shows students and researchers where the field currently stands and where exciting and important problems remain to be solved, illustrating how the study of camouflage is likely to progress in the future.

Author Biography

Martin Stevens is a Bbsrc David Phillips Fellow based in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on sensory ecology and behaviour and has covered bird colour vision, computational models of colour and spatial vision, anti-predator, markings, brood parasitism and cuckoos and sexual signals and vision in primates. Sami Merilaita is an Academy of Finland Research Fellow in the Department of Biosciences, Abo Akademi University, Finland. His research focuses on questions related to the evolution and function of animal coloration, especially with regard to prey concealment. He has also studied anti-predator.signalling, factors influencing maintenance of colour polymorphism and sexual selection.

Table of Contents

List of contributorsp. ix
Animal camouflage: Function and mechanismsp. 1
Crypsis through background matchingp. 17
The concealment of body parts through coincident disruptive colorationp. 34
The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershadingp. 53
Camouflage-breaking mathematical operators and countershadingp. 73
Nature's artistry: Abbott H. Thayer's assertions about camouflage in art, war and naturep. 87
Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patternsp. 101
Camouflage and visual perceptionp. 118
Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopodsp. 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 fishp. 186
Camouflage in decorator crabs: Integrating ecological, behavioural and evolutionary approachesp. 212
Camouflage in colour-changing animals: Trade-offs and constraintsp. 237
The multiple disguises of spidersp. 254
Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgroundsp. 275
The functions of black-and-white coloration in mammals: Review and synthesisp. 298
Evidence for camouflage involving senses other than visionp. 330
Indexp. 351
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