The effects of pattern symmetry on detection of disruptive and background-matching coloration

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 828-832

  Cuthill, Innes C ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a   Windsor, Amy M M ^a   Walker, Hannah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Camouflage; Crypsis; Disruptive coloration; Symmetry; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETECTION METHOD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOTH; PREDATION; SYMMETRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33747836772     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl015     Document Type: Article

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