Dazzle camouflage and the confusion effect: the influence of varying speed on target tracking

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• 作者：Benedict G. Hogan^a ; ^b ; ^{Benedict.hogan@bristol.ac.uk} ; Innes C. Cuthill^a ; Nicholas E. Scott-Samuel^b
• 关键词：animal groups ; confusion effect ; dazzle camouflage ; defensive coloration ; target tracking
• 刊名：Animal Behaviour
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：123
• 期：Complete
• 页码：349-353
• 全文大小：327 K
• 卷排序：123

文摘

Variation in speed in groups induces the oddity effect, reducing predator confusion. Dazzle camouflage does not ameliorate this oddity effect. Parallel striped targets in groups are harder to track than other targets.