List of works by Sami Merilaita

Accuracy of background matching and prey detection: predation by blue tits indicates intense selection for highly matching prey colour pattern

scientific article published in 2014

Animal camouflage

article

Animal camouflage: current issues and new perspectives

scientific article

Aposematic signals and the relationship between conspicuousness and distinctiveness.

scientific article published on 27 October 2006

Aposematism and crypsis combined as a result of distance dependence: functional versatility of the colour pattern in the swallowtail butterfly larva.

scientific article published in July 2005

Artificial neural networks and the study of evolution of prey coloration

scientific article published on March 2007

Background choice as an anti-predator strategy: the roles of background matching and visual complexity in the habitat choice of the least killifish.

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Background-matching and disruptive coloration, and the evolution of cryptic coloration.

scientific article

Body size influences differently the detectabilities of colour morphs of cryptic prey

article published in 2014

CONSTRAINED CAMOUFLAGE FACILITATES THE EVOLUTION OF CONSPICUOUS WARNING COLORATION

article by Sami Merilaita & Birgitta S. Tullberg published January 2005 in Evolution

Chromaticity in the UV/blue range facilitates the search for achromatically background-matching prey in birds

scientific article published on February 2009

Colour Polymorphism Protects Prey Individuals and Populations Against Predation

scientific article

Community structure and the evolution of aposematic coloration

scientific article (publication date: July 2002)

Concealed by conspicuousness: distractive prey markings and backgrounds

scientific article published in 2009

Constrained camouflage facilitates the evolution of conspicuous warning coloration

scientific article published on January 2005

Crypsis through background matching

article

Defining disruptive coloration and distinguishing its functions

scientific article published on February 2009

Deflective effect and the effect of prey detectability on anti-predator function of eyespots

scientific article published in 2011

Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers.

scientific article

Effect of sand texture on nest quality and mating success in a fish with parental care

scholarly article

Eyespots divert attacks by fish.

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Fearful symmetry: pattern size and asymmetry affects aposematic signal efficacy

Fearful symmetry? Intra-individual comparisons of asymmetry in cryptic vs. signalling colour patterns in butterflies

article by Anders Forsman & Sami Merilaita published September 2003 in Evolutionary Ecology

Grab my tail: evolution of dazzle stripes and colourful tails in lizards

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Habitat heterogeneity limits prey colour polymorphism maintained via negative frequency-dependent selection

scholarly article published on 18 January 2024

Habitat heterogeneity, predation and gene flow: colour polymorphism in the isopod, Idotea baltica

scientific article published in 2001

How camouflage works

scientific article published in July 2017

Natural levels of colour polymorphism reduce performance of visual predators searching for camouflaged prey

scholarly article by Einat Karpestam et al published 20 May 2014 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly

article by Sami Merilaita et al published 26 July 2011 in Behavioral Ecology

Optimal apostatic selection: how should predators adjust to variation in prey frequencies?

scientific article published in 2009

Reckless males, rational females: dynamic trade-off between food and shelter in the marine isopod Idotea balthica.

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Reduced predation risk for melanistic pygmy grasshoppers in post-fire environments

scientific article

Resemblance to the Enemy's Eyes Underlies the Intimidating Effect of Eyespots

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Scary clowns: adaptive function of anemonefish coloration

scientific article published on 06 August 2018

Size and contrast increase the divertive effect of eyespots

scholarly article

Size variability effects on visual detection are influenced by colour pattern and perceived size

Spots and stripes: ecology and colour pattern evolution in butterflyfishes.

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Visual background complexity facilitates the evolution of camouflage

scientific article published in June 2003

Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community

scientific article published in 2023

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