Disruptive coloration, crypsis and edge detection in early visual processing.
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SUBMITTER: Stevens M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1635512 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
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Disruptive coloration, crypsis and edge detection in early visual processing.
Stevens Martin M Cuthill Innes C IC
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20060901 1598
Many animals use concealing markings to reduce the risk of predation. These include background pattern matching (crypsis), where the coloration matches a random sample of the background and disruptive patterns, whose effectiveness has been hypothesized to lie in breaking up the body into a series of apparently unrelated objects. We have previously established the effectiveness of disruptive coloration against avian predators, using artificial moth-like stimuli with colours designed to match natu ...[more]
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