Interactive effects of size, contrast, intensity and configuration of background objects in evoking disruptive camouflage in cuttlefish

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2223-2235

  Chiao, Chuan Chin ^a,b   Chubb, Charles ^c   Hanlon, Roger T ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body pattern; Color pattern; Crypsis; Defense; Disruptive coloration; Sepia officinalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECAPODIFORMES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIZE PERCEPTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447322780     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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