Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms Export

@article{citeulike:3653080, abstract = {10.1098/rstb.2008.0254 Organisms capable of rapid physiological colour change have become model taxa in the study of camouflage because they are able to respond dynamically to the changes in their visual environment. Here, we briefly review the ways in which studies of colour changing organisms have contributed to our understanding of camouflage and highlight some unique opportunities they present. First, from a proximate perspective, comparison of visual cues triggering camouflage responses and the visual perception mechanisms involved can provide insight into general visual processing rules. Second, colour changing animals can potentially tailor their camouflage response not only to different backgrounds but also to multiple predators with different visual capabilities. We present new data showing that such facultative crypsis may be widespread in at least one group, the dwarf chameleons. From an ultimate perspective, we argue that colour changing organisms are ideally suited to experimental and comparative studies of evolutionary interactions between the three primary functions of animal colour patterns: camouflage; communication; and thermoregulation.}, author = {Stuart-Fox, Devi and Moussalli, Adnan}, citeulike-article-id = {3653080}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0254}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1516/463.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1516/463.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19000973}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19000973}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/5058u55p56741621}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1098/rstb.2008.0254}, journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences}, keywords = {camouflage, color\_change}, month = {February}, number = {1516}, pages = {463--470}, posted-at = {2009-11-10 22:57:59}, priority = {0}, title = {Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0254}, volume = {364}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3653080 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3653080 N2 - 10.1098/rstb.2008.0254 Organisms capable of rapid physiological colour change have become model taxa in the study of camouflage because they are able to respond dynamically to the changes in their visual environment. Here, we briefly review the ways in which studies of colour changing organisms have contributed to our understanding of camouflage and highlight some unique opportunities they present. First, from a proximate perspective, comparison of visual cues triggering camouflage responses and the visual perception mechanisms involved can provide insight into general visual processing rules. Second, colour changing animals can potentially tailor their camouflage response not only to different backgrounds but also to multiple predators with different visual capabilities. We present new data showing that such facultative crypsis may be widespread in at least one group, the dwarf chameleons. From an ultimate perspective, we argue that colour changing organisms are ideally suited to experimental and comparative studies of evolutionary interactions between the three primary functions of animal colour patterns: camouflage; communication; and thermoregulation. IS - 1516 JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences EP - 470 TI - Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms VL - 364 SP - 463 KW - camouflage KW - color_change AU - Stuart-Fox, Devi AU - Moussalli, Adnan PY - 2009/02/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0254 ER -