Motion dazzle and camouflage as distinct anti-predator defenses

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Stevens, Martin ^a   Searle, W Tom L ^a   Seymour, Jenny E ^a   Marshall, Kate L A ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; COLOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTION; PREDATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ESCAPE REACTION; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HUMANS; MOTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 82055171965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-81     Document Type: Article

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