Chapter 4 The effectiveness of disruptive coloration as a concealment strategy

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 155 B, Issue , 2006, Pages 49-64

  Stevens, Martin ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^a   Alejandro Parraga C ^a   Troscianko, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bird vision; camouflage; contour perception; crypsis; disruptive coloration; object perception

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISRUPTIVE COLORATION; FISH; HYPOTHESIS; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAKE; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749251981     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)55004-6     Document Type: Review

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