List of works - Martin Stevens

A window on the past: male ornamental plumage reveals the quality of their early-life environment

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Animal camouflage: current issues and new perspectives

scientific article

Avian vision and the evolution of egg color mimicry in the common cuckoo

scientific article

Avian vision models and field experiments determine the survival value of peppered moth camouflage

scientific article published on 17 August 2018

Avoidance of an aposematically coloured butterfly by wild birds in a tropical forest

scientific article

Background matching and disruptive coloration as habitat-specific strategies for camouflage.

scientific article

Bird brood parasitism

scientific article published in October 2013

Body size but not warning signal luminance influences predation risk in recently metamorphosed poison frogs

scientific article

Brood Parasitism Is Linked to Egg Pattern Diversity within and among Species of Australian Passerines

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Camouflage and individual variation in shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) from different habitats

scientific article

Camouflage predicts survival in ground-nesting birds

scientific article

Camouflage strategies interfere differently with observer search images

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Camouflage through colour change: mechanisms, adaptive value and ecological significance

scientific article

Camouflage.

scientific article published in July 2016

Changes in Women's Facial Skin Color over the Ovulatory Cycle are Not Detectable by the Human Visual System

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Character displacement of Cercopithecini primate visual signals.

scientific article

Color contrast and stability as key elements for effective warning signals

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque

scientific article

Colour change and behavioural choice facilitate chameleon prawn camouflage against different seaweed backgrounds

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Conspicuous male coloration impairs survival against avian predators in Aegean wall lizards, Podarcis erhardii

scientific article

Dazzle coloration and prey movement.

scientific article

Defeating crypsis: detection and learning of camouflage strategies

scientific article

Defining disruptive coloration and distinguishing its functions

scientific article published on February 2009

Discrete colour polymorphism in the tawny dragon lizard (Ctenophorus decresii) and differences in signal conspicuousness among morphs

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Disruptive coloration and background pattern matching.

scientific article published on March 2005

Disruptive coloration, crypsis and edge detection in early visual processing.

scientific article published in September 2006

Disruptive contrast in animal camouflage

scientific article

Disruptive ecological selection on a mating cue.

scientific article published on 17 October 2012

Divergence in cryptic leaf colour provides local camouflage in an alpine plant

scientific article published in October 2017

Does coevolution with a shared parasite drive hosts to partition their defences among species?

scientific article published in May 2017

Escape Distance in Ground-Nesting Birds Differs with Individual Level of Camouflage.

scientific article

Evolution: predator versus parasite

scientific article published in May 2014

Evolutionary Ecology: Insect Mothers Control Their Egg Colours

scientific article published in August 2015

Evolutionary ecology: knowing how to hide your eggs

scientific article published in February 2013

Familiarity affects the assessment of female facial signals of fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques.

scientific article published on 6 April 2011

Field experiments on the effectiveness of ‘eyespots’ as predator deterrents

article

Hidden Messages: Are Ultraviolet Signals a Special Channel in Avian Communication?

article by Martin Stevens & Innes C. Cuthill published 1 June 2007 in BioScience

Higher-level pattern features provide additional information to birds when recognizing and rejecting parasitic eggs

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Host-parasite arms races and rapid changes in bird egg appearance

scientific article

Hosts elevate either within-clutch consistency or between-clutch distinctiveness of egg phenotypes in defence against brood parasites

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved egg signatures with elevated information content.

scientific article published in July 2015

How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Image calibration and analysis toolbox - a free software suite for objectively measuring reflectance, colour and pattern

scientific article

Imperfect camouflage: how to hide in a variable world?

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Intraspecific Colour Variation among Lizards in Distinct Island Environments Enhances Local Camouflage

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Life in Colour: How Animals See the World

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Linking the evolution and form of warning coloration in nature

scientific article

Maternal effects and warning signal honesty in eggs and offspring of an aposematic ladybird beetle

article

Microhabitat choice in island lizards enhances camouflage against avian predators

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Motion dazzle and camouflage as distinct anti-predator defenses

scientific article

Motion dazzle and the effects of target patterning on capture success

scientific article

Nest covering in plovers: How modifying the visual environment influences egg camouflage

scientific article

No evidence of quantitative signal honesty across species of aposematic burnet moths (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)

article

Outline and surface disruption in animal camouflage.

scientific article published in February 2009

Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye.

scientific article published on 6 January 2010

Phenotype-environment matching in sand fleas

scientific article published in August 2015

Predator perception and the interrelation between different forms of protective coloration.

scientific article

Quantifying camouflage: how to predict detectability from appearance

scientific article

Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection

scientific article published on January 2013

Rockpool gobies change colour for camouflage

scientific article

Sex differences but no evidence of quantitative honesty in the warning signals of six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae L.)

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Shape matters: animal colour patterns as signals of individual quality

scientific article

Shape, colour plasticity, and habitat use indicate morph-specific camouflage strategies in a marine shrimp.

scientific article

Signal honesty and predation risk among a closely related group of aposematic species

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Signaling in multiple modalities in male rhesus macaques: sex skin coloration and barks in relation to androgen levels, social status, and mating behavior

scientific article

Speed versus accuracy in collective decision making.

scientific article published in December 2003

Testing Thayer's hypothesis: can camouflage work by distraction?

scientific article published in December 2008

The adaptive value of camouflage and colour change in a polymorphic prawn

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

The anti-predator function of ‘eyespots’ on camouflaged and conspicuous prey

article

The biology of color

scientific article

The effect of predator appetite, prey warning coloration and luminance on predator foraging decisions

scholarly article by Martin Stevens et al published 2010 in Behaviour

The effectiveness of disruptive coloration as a concealment strategy

scientific article published on January 2006

The evolutionary ecology of decorating behaviour

scientific article

The key role of behaviour in animal camouflage

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera

scientific article

The role of stripe orientation in target capture success

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

The unsuitability of HTML-based colour charts for estimating animal colours--a comment on Berggren and Merilä (2004)

scientific article

Using digital photography to study animal coloration

Variable crab camouflage patterns defeat search image formation

scientific article

Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos

scientific article published on 22 August 2011

Wall lizards display conspicuous signals to conspecifics and reduce detection by avian predators.

scientific article

List of works by Martin Stevens

A window on the past: male ornamental plumage reveals the quality of their early-life environment

Animal camouflage: current issues and new perspectives

Avian vision and the evolution of egg color mimicry in the common cuckoo

Avian vision models and field experiments determine the survival value of peppered moth camouflage

Avoidance of an aposematically coloured butterfly by wild birds in a tropical forest

Background matching and disruptive coloration as habitat-specific strategies for camouflage.

Bird brood parasitism

Body size but not warning signal luminance influences predation risk in recently metamorphosed poison frogs

Brood Parasitism Is Linked to Egg Pattern Diversity within and among Species of Australian Passerines

Camouflage and individual variation in shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) from different habitats

Camouflage predicts survival in ground-nesting birds

Camouflage strategies interfere differently with observer search images

Camouflage through colour change: mechanisms, adaptive value and ecological significance

Camouflage.

Changes in Women's Facial Skin Color over the Ovulatory Cycle are Not Detectable by the Human Visual System

Character displacement of Cercopithecini primate visual signals.

Color contrast and stability as key elements for effective warning signals

Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque

Colour change and behavioural choice facilitate chameleon prawn camouflage against different seaweed backgrounds

Conspicuous male coloration impairs survival against avian predators in Aegean wall lizards, Podarcis erhardii

Dazzle coloration and prey movement.

Defeating crypsis: detection and learning of camouflage strategies

Defining disruptive coloration and distinguishing its functions

Discrete colour polymorphism in the tawny dragon lizard (Ctenophorus decresii) and differences in signal conspicuousness among morphs

Disruptive coloration and background pattern matching.

Disruptive coloration, crypsis and edge detection in early visual processing.

Disruptive contrast in animal camouflage

Disruptive ecological selection on a mating cue.

Divergence in cryptic leaf colour provides local camouflage in an alpine plant

Does coevolution with a shared parasite drive hosts to partition their defences among species?

Escape Distance in Ground-Nesting Birds Differs with Individual Level of Camouflage.

Evolution: predator versus parasite

Evolutionary Ecology: Insect Mothers Control Their Egg Colours

Evolutionary ecology: knowing how to hide your eggs

Familiarity affects the assessment of female facial signals of fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques.

Field experiments on the effectiveness of ‘eyespots’ as predator deterrents

Hidden Messages: Are Ultraviolet Signals a Special Channel in Avian Communication?

Higher-level pattern features provide additional information to birds when recognizing and rejecting parasitic eggs

Host-parasite arms races and rapid changes in bird egg appearance

Hosts elevate either within-clutch consistency or between-clutch distinctiveness of egg phenotypes in defence against brood parasites

Hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved egg signatures with elevated information content.

How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences

Image calibration and analysis toolbox - a free software suite for objectively measuring reflectance, colour and pattern

Imperfect camouflage: how to hide in a variable world?

Intraspecific Colour Variation among Lizards in Distinct Island Environments Enhances Local Camouflage

Life in Colour: How Animals See the World

Linking the evolution and form of warning coloration in nature

Maternal effects and warning signal honesty in eggs and offspring of an aposematic ladybird beetle

Microhabitat choice in island lizards enhances camouflage against avian predators

Motion dazzle and camouflage as distinct anti-predator defenses

Motion dazzle and the effects of target patterning on capture success

Nest covering in plovers: How modifying the visual environment influences egg camouflage

No evidence of quantitative signal honesty across species of aposematic burnet moths (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)

Outline and surface disruption in animal camouflage.

Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye.

Phenotype-environment matching in sand fleas

Predator perception and the interrelation between different forms of protective coloration.

Quantifying camouflage: how to predict detectability from appearance

Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection

Rockpool gobies change colour for camouflage

Sex differences but no evidence of quantitative honesty in the warning signals of six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae L.)

Shape matters: animal colour patterns as signals of individual quality

Shape, colour plasticity, and habitat use indicate morph-specific camouflage strategies in a marine shrimp.

Signal honesty and predation risk among a closely related group of aposematic species

Signaling in multiple modalities in male rhesus macaques: sex skin coloration and barks in relation to androgen levels, social status, and mating behavior

Speed versus accuracy in collective decision making.

Testing Thayer's hypothesis: can camouflage work by distraction?

The adaptive value of camouflage and colour change in a polymorphic prawn

The anti-predator function of ‘eyespots’ on camouflaged and conspicuous prey

The biology of color

The effect of predator appetite, prey warning coloration and luminance on predator foraging decisions

The effectiveness of disruptive coloration as a concealment strategy

The evolutionary ecology of decorating behaviour

The key role of behaviour in animal camouflage

The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera

The role of stripe orientation in target capture success

The unsuitability of HTML-based colour charts for estimating animal colours--a comment on Berggren and Merilä (2004)

Using digital photography to study animal coloration

Variable crab camouflage patterns defeat search image formation