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Animal camouflage : mechanisms and function / / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita [[electronic resource]]
| Animal camouflage : mechanisms and function / / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 591.47/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Camouflage (Biology) |
| ISBN |
1-107-21529-3
1-139-12464-1 1-283-29849-X 1-139-12306-8 9786613298492 0-511-85205-3 1-139-11731-9 1-139-12797-7 1-139-11295-3 1-139-11514-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Animal camouflage : function and mechanisms / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita -- 2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens -- 3. The concealment of body parts through coincident disruptive coloration / Innes C. Cuthill and Aron Székely -- 4. The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading / Hannah M. Rowland -- 5. Camouflage-breaking mathematical operators and countershading / Ariel Tankus and Yehezkel Yeshurun -- 6. Nature's artistry : revisiting Abbott H. Thayer's assertions about camouflage in art, war and nature / Roy R. Behrens -- 7. Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patterns / Richard J. Webster, Alison Callahan, Jean-Guy J. Godin and Thomas N. Sherratt -- 8. Camouflage and visual perception / Tom Troscianko, Christopher P. Benton, P. George Lovell, David J. Tolhurst and Zygmunt Pizlo -- 9. Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods / R.T. Hanlon, Chuan-Chin C. Chiao, Lydia M. Mäthger, Kendra C. Buresch, Alexandra Barbosa, Justine J. Allen, Liese Siemann and Charles Chubb -- 10. What can camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception? : a case study of multiple cue use in the cuttlefish (Sepia spp.) / Sarah Zylinski and Daniel Osorio -- 11. Camouflage in marine fish / Justin Marshall and Sönke Johnsen -- 12. Camouflage in decorator crabs : integrating ecological, behavioural and evolutionary approaches / Kristin M. Hultgren and John J. Stachowicz -- 13. Camouflage in colour changing animals : trade-offs and constraints / Devi Stuart-Fox and Adnan Moussalli -- 14. The multiple disguises of spiders / Marc Théry, Teresita C. Insausti, Jérémy Defrize and Jérôme Casas -- 15. Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgrounds / Kevin R. Abbott and Reuven Dukas -- 16. The functions of black and white colouration in mammals : review and synthesis / Tim Caro -- 17. Evidence for camouflage involving senses other than vision / Graeme D. Ruxton. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457823903321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal camouflage : mechanisms and function / / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita [[electronic resource]]
| Animal camouflage : mechanisms and function / / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 591.47/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Camouflage (Biology) |
| ISBN |
1-107-21529-3
1-139-12464-1 1-283-29849-X 1-139-12306-8 9786613298492 0-511-85205-3 1-139-11731-9 1-139-12797-7 1-139-11295-3 1-139-11514-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Animal camouflage : function and mechanisms / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita -- 2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens -- 3. The concealment of body parts through coincident disruptive coloration / Innes C. Cuthill and Aron Székely -- 4. The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading / Hannah M. Rowland -- 5. Camouflage-breaking mathematical operators and countershading / Ariel Tankus and Yehezkel Yeshurun -- 6. Nature's artistry : revisiting Abbott H. Thayer's assertions about camouflage in art, war and nature / Roy R. Behrens -- 7. Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patterns / Richard J. Webster, Alison Callahan, Jean-Guy J. Godin and Thomas N. Sherratt -- 8. Camouflage and visual perception / Tom Troscianko, Christopher P. Benton, P. George Lovell, David J. Tolhurst and Zygmunt Pizlo -- 9. Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods / R.T. Hanlon, Chuan-Chin C. Chiao, Lydia M. Mäthger, Kendra C. Buresch, Alexandra Barbosa, Justine J. Allen, Liese Siemann and Charles Chubb -- 10. What can camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception? : a case study of multiple cue use in the cuttlefish (Sepia spp.) / Sarah Zylinski and Daniel Osorio -- 11. Camouflage in marine fish / Justin Marshall and Sönke Johnsen -- 12. Camouflage in decorator crabs : integrating ecological, behavioural and evolutionary approaches / Kristin M. Hultgren and John J. Stachowicz -- 13. Camouflage in colour changing animals : trade-offs and constraints / Devi Stuart-Fox and Adnan Moussalli -- 14. The multiple disguises of spiders / Marc Théry, Teresita C. Insausti, Jérémy Defrize and Jérôme Casas -- 15. Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgrounds / Kevin R. Abbott and Reuven Dukas -- 16. The functions of black and white colouration in mammals : review and synthesis / Tim Caro -- 17. Evidence for camouflage involving senses other than vision / Graeme D. Ruxton. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781870703321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Animal camouflage : mechanisms and function / / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita [[electronic resource]]
| Animal camouflage : mechanisms and function / / edited by Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 591.47/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Camouflage (Biology) |
| ISBN |
1-107-21529-3
1-139-12464-1 1-283-29849-X 1-139-12306-8 9786613298492 0-511-85205-3 1-139-11731-9 1-139-12797-7 1-139-11295-3 1-139-11514-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Animal camouflage : function and mechanisms / Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita -- 2. Crypsis through background matching / Sami Merilaita and Martin Stevens -- 3. The concealment of body parts through coincident disruptive coloration / Innes C. Cuthill and Aron Székely -- 4. The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading / Hannah M. Rowland -- 5. Camouflage-breaking mathematical operators and countershading / Ariel Tankus and Yehezkel Yeshurun -- 6. Nature's artistry : revisiting Abbott H. Thayer's assertions about camouflage in art, war and nature / Roy R. Behrens -- 7. Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patterns / Richard J. Webster, Alison Callahan, Jean-Guy J. Godin and Thomas N. Sherratt -- 8. Camouflage and visual perception / Tom Troscianko, Christopher P. Benton, P. George Lovell, David J. Tolhurst and Zygmunt Pizlo -- 9. Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods / R.T. Hanlon, Chuan-Chin C. Chiao, Lydia M. Mäthger, Kendra C. Buresch, Alexandra Barbosa, Justine J. Allen, Liese Siemann and Charles Chubb -- 10. What can camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception? : a case study of multiple cue use in the cuttlefish (Sepia spp.) / Sarah Zylinski and Daniel Osorio -- 11. Camouflage in marine fish / Justin Marshall and Sönke Johnsen -- 12. Camouflage in decorator crabs : integrating ecological, behavioural and evolutionary approaches / Kristin M. Hultgren and John J. Stachowicz -- 13. Camouflage in colour changing animals : trade-offs and constraints / Devi Stuart-Fox and Adnan Moussalli -- 14. The multiple disguises of spiders / Marc Théry, Teresita C. Insausti, Jérémy Defrize and Jérôme Casas -- 15. Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgrounds / Kevin R. Abbott and Reuven Dukas -- 16. The functions of black and white colouration in mammals : review and synthesis / Tim Caro -- 17. Evidence for camouflage involving senses other than vision / Graeme D. Ruxton. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807661603321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||