3D animal camouflage

Jennifer L Kelley; Laura A Kelley; David R Badcock

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.001

3D animal camouflage

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Aug;37(8):628-631. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.001. Epub 2022 Apr 30.

Authors

Jennifer L Kelley¹, Laura A Kelley², David R Badcock³

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences and UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia. Electronic address: jennifer.kelley@uwa.edu.au.
² Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK.
³ School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Perth, Australia.

PMID: 35504749
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.001

Abstract

Camouflage is a fundamental way for animals to avoid detection and recognition. While depth information is critical for object detection and recognition, little is known about how camouflage patterns might interfere with the mechanisms of depth perception. We reveal how many common camouflage strategies could exploit 3D visual processing mechanisms.

Keywords: animal colouration; illusory patterns; shape recognition; shape-from-shading; visual perception.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Visual Perception*