... produce relatively slow locomotion, which is poorly suited for fleeing, chameleons can also use crypsis or aggression to avoid predation. To examine the functional basis for variable antipredator behavioral responses, we subjected chameleons to a series of mock predation trials and determined how often...

... elasmobranchs (e.g. skates), may aid in camouflaging the eye. Crypsis Spatial frequency Background Vision The study of camouflage has received an enormous amount of scientific attention, with research encompassing a wide array of study organisms, from animals that actively select habitats...

... a trade-off between the benefits of camouflaged shells and the danger associated with switching shells. Colouration Background matching Crypsis Vision Background-matching camouflage is a common trait amongst animals; this form of cryptic body colouration has the goal of reducing...

... mating approaches of male buprestid beetles include two stages that use different spectral cues. Buprestidae Color vision Crypsis Flight Species recognition For arthropods, there have been extensive studies regarding the role of color preferences with respect to flower selection...

.... 17 9 2014 24 11 2014 © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2015 Cephalopod Chromatophore Flashing Signaling Flickering Crypsis Dosidicus gigas d'Orbigny 1835, commonly known as the Humboldt or jumbo flying squid, is a large pelagic squid of the family...

..., crypsis through background matching and social interactions. However, the mechanisms underlying reversible colour changes are yet to be thoroughly investigated. This study aims to determine the environmental and hormonal factors underlying morphological colour changes in Thomisus onustus crab spiders...

...-responsiveness after injury extends to visual stimuli. Injured squid are more likely to employ crypsis than escape in response to an approaching visual stimulus shortly after injury, but initiate escape earlier and continue escape behaviors for longer when tested from 1 to 48 h after injury. Injury failed...

... the criteria for assessing crypsis better than many other models, and claimed to use colour changes for both aggressive and protective crypsis. We carried out a systematic field survey to quantitatively assess the exactness of background colour matching in M. vatia with respect to the visual system of many...

... 2010. crypsis body pattern mottle coloration Sepia officinalis defense Cephalopod adaptive coloration is among the most sophisticated in the animal kingdom because the neurally controlled chromatophore system permits a diverse repertoire of body patterning ( Messenger, 2001...

... visual confirmation of the size of their own skin component. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 29 1 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 camouflage Sepia officinalis visual sensori-motor system crypsis chromatophore cephalopod...