Animal camouflage: Mechanisms and function

Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-16

  Stevens, Martin ^a   Merilaita, Sami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511852053.001     Document Type: Chapter

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