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Concealing Coloration in Animals
Judy Diamond
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Description for Concealing Coloration in Animals
Hardback. 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 work in the evolution of concealing coloration. Num Pages: 274 pages, 52 color illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
The biological functions of coloration in animals are sometimes surprising. Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But color patterns can also conceal animals from detection. Concealing coloration is unusual because it is an adaptation not only to the visual features of the environment but also to the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of other organisms. Judy Diamond and Alan Bond bring to light the many factors at work in the evolution of concealing coloration.
Animals that resemble twigs, tree bark, stones, and seaweed may appear to be perfect imitations, but no concealment strategy is without flaws. Amid ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674052352
SKU
V9780674052352
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Judy Diamond
Judy Diamond is Professor and Curator at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Alan B. Bond is Research Professor of Biological Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for Avian Cognition at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Reviews for Concealing Coloration in Animals
Diamond and Bond do an excellent job of discussing the evolutionary mechanisms and processes in a simple yet powerful way that should be accessible to nonexperts. They make the subject come alive by telling us not just what we know about camouflage today, but also where the field has come from, and equally importantly the work that has been done ... Read more