All birds construct nests in which to lay eggs and/or raise offspring. Traditionally, it was
thought that natural selection and the requirement to minimize the risk of predation …

Animal camouflage has long been used to illustrate the power of natural selection, and
provides an excellent testbed for investigating the trade‐offs affecting the adaptive value of …

Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

Background Quantifying the conspicuousness of objects against particular backgrounds is
key to understanding the evolution and adaptive value of animal coloration, and in …

Animal coloration has multiple functions including thermoregulation, camouflage, and social
signaling, and the requirements of each function may sometimes conflict. Many terrestrial …

Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic
examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human …

The geometrical properties of eggs–such as volume and surface area–have uses ranging
from ecological, physiological and morphological studies in birds, to predictions of chick …

Bird eggs are amazing biological structures. For some, they are religiously revered as
symbols of fertility and birth; for most, they are simply regarded as breakfast. However, eggs …

Camouflage is one of the most widespread forms of anti-predator defence and prevents prey
individuals from being detected or correctly recognized by would-be predators. Over the past …

T he adaptability of biological organisms to the environment is reflected in many aspects,
especially in their camouflage of appearance. Inspired by biological camouflage strategies …