What can camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception? A case study of multiple cue use in cuttlefish (sepia spp.)

Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 164-185

  Zylinski, Sarah ^a   Osorio, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84878878923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511852053.010     Document Type: Chapter

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