Concealing coloration in animals /

Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But it can also conceal animals from detection. It is an adaptation to the visual features of the environment but also to the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of other organisms. Judy Diamond and Alan Bond reveal factors at wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Diamond, Judy (Author), Bond, Alan B., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Protective coloration (Biology)
Coloration cryptique.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
NATURE > Animals > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Concealment. Disappearing acts
  • Mistaken identity
  • Pepper & smoke
  • Obscured by patterns
  • Perception. Colors in the mind
  • Beholder's eye
  • Isolation. Desert islands
  • Flowing genes
  • Detection. Telltale signs
  • Psychology of search
  • Distinctively different
  • Limits to invisibility
  • Guide to common and scientific names.

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