Motion camouflage induced by zebra stripes

Zoology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-170

  How, Martin J ^a   Zanker, Johannes M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aliasing; Aperture effect; Camouflage; Equus burchelli; Illusory motion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALIASING; ANIMAL; APERTURE EFFECT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BURCHELL'S ZEBRA; CAMOUFLAGE; CAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIDAE; HORSE; ILLUSORY MOTION; INSECT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ALIASING; APERTURE EFFECT; CAMOUFLAGE; EQUUS BURCHELLI; ILLUSORY MOTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIDAE; HORSES; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PIGMENTATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84900870621     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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