Non-visual crypsis: A review of the empirical evidence for camouflage to senses other than vision

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1516, 2009, Pages 549-557

  Ruxton, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic crypsis; Chemical crypsis; Mimicry; Olfactory crypsis; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRYPSIS; MECHANORECEPTION; MIMICRY; OLFACTORY CUE; PREDATION RISK; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 58249105772     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0228     Document Type: Review

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