Improved camouflage through ontogenetic colour change confers reduced detection risk in shore crabs - Nokelainen, Ossi; Maynes, Ruth; Mynott, Sara; Price, Natasha; Stevens, Martin (Functional ecology, 2019)
Keywords: ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY; Animals; background matching; Camouflage; Carcinus maenas; Caterpillars; Change detection; Color; Coloration; Controlled conditions; crabs; Crustaceans; Decapoda; disruptive coloration; Genotype & phenotype; Grapsidae; Habitats; humans; insect larvae; juveniles; Life history; Lobsters; Microhabitats; mimicry (behavior); ontogenetic colour change; Ontogeny; phenotype; Phenotypes; Phenotypic plasticity; phenotypic variation; Phenotypic variations; predation; Predators; rearing; risk; Shades; Snakes; vision; vision model; Carcinus maenas; background matching; ontogenetic colour change; predation; disruptive coloration; phenotypic plasticity; vision model