All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Dark-shaded bodies key to animals avoiding predators Dark-shaded bodies key to animals avoiding predators 14/05/2020 | 3 MINS Animals that have a darker pigmented surface on the upper side of their body compared to those that have the same shade all over can reduce the impact of their body shadows and remain hidden from predators, according to a new study by researchers at LIT. Although scientists have understood the pattern, called countershading, for some time, research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society offers an explanation for how this effective patterning technique protects some animals from predators. Callum Donohue, a PhD candidate from our School of Biological Sciences, said the research used a unique experimental model which combined methods from vision science and behavioural ecology to determine how countershading influenced the visibility of prey and recognition by predators. ΓÇ£Our research suggests that animals which have countershaded patterning are able to reduce their visibility and the subsequent
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Dark-shaded bodies key to animals avoiding predators Dark-shaded bodies key to animals avoiding predators 14/05/2020 | 3 MINS Animals that have a darker pigmented surface on the upper side of their body compared to those that have the same shade all over can reduce the impact of their body shadows and remain hidden from predators, according to a new study by researchers at LIT.
Although scientists have understood the pattern, called countershading, for some time, research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society offers an explanation for how this effective patterning technique protects some animals from predators.
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Callum Donohue, a PhD candidate from our School of Biological Sciences, said the research used a unique experimental model which combined methods from vision science and behavioural ecology to determine how countershading influenced the visibility of prey and recognition by predators.
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ΓÇ£Our research suggests that animals which have countershaded patterning are able to reduce their visibility and the subsequent
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