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The book explained how disruptive camouflage worked, using streaks of boldly . Troscianko, Jolyon; Wilson-Aggarwal, Jared; Stevens, Martin; Spottiswoode, Claire N. (29 January 2016).

The book explained how disruptive camouflage worked, using streaks of boldly contrasting colour, paradoxically making objects less visible by breaking up their outlines. While Cott was more systematic and balanced in his view than Thayer, and did include some experimental evidence on the effectiveness of camouflage, his 500-page textbook was, like Thayer's, mainly a natural history narrative which illustrated. Camouflaged animals and vehicles are readily given away by their shapes and shadows. Camouflage predicts survival in ground-nesting birds".

Mechanisms and Function. Stevens, Martin Rong, Cheo Pei and Todd, Peter A. 2013. Colour change and camouflage in the horned ghost crabOcypode ceratophthalmus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 109, Issue.

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Animal Camouflage book. Details (if other): Cancel. Thanks for telling us about the problem. by. Martin Stevens (Goodreads Author)

1. Animal camouflage: an introduction 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 Szekely; 4. The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading Hannah M. Rowland; 5. Camouflage breaking mathematical operator and countershading Ariel Tankus and Yehezkel Yeshurun

In his book 'Cheats and Deceits' Martin Stevens examines deception and trickery in the animal kingdom.

I'm a biologist with a keen interest in science writing. Author of a recent book: "Cheats and Deceits Martin Stevens. In his book 'Cheats and Deceits' Martin Stevens examines deception and trickery in the animal kingdom.

Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita. 15 Effects of animal camouflage on the evolution of live backgrounds. Cambridge University Press, 7 июл. 2011 г. 0 Отзывы. It introduces the different types of camouflage and how they work, including background matching, disruptive coloration and obliterative shading. It also demonstrates the methodologies used to study them and discusses how camouflage relates to other subjects, particularly with regard to what it can tell us about visual perception.

If you thought that camouflage is only a thing for military personnel, check this list of amazing animal camouflage found in nature. Without further ado, here are 20 amazing animal pictures of camouflage examples. Can you find all the funny animals in these cool pictures below? 1. Owl.