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SUBMITTER: Michalis C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524497 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Michalis Constantine C Scott-Samuel Nicholas E NE Gibson David P DP Cuthill Innes C IC
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170701 1858
Background matching is the most familiar and widespread camouflage strategy: avoiding detection by having a similar colour and pattern to the background. Optimizing background matching is straightforward in a homogeneous environment, or when the habitat has very distinct sub-types and there is divergent selection leading to polymorphism. However, most backgrounds have continuous variation in colour and texture, so what is the best solution? Not all samples of the background are likely to be equa ...[more]