camouflage in colour-changing animals: Trade-offs and constraints

Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 237-253

  Stuart Fox, Devi ^a   Moussalli, Adnan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84871436461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511852053     Document Type: Chapter

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