Search for dissertations about: "Sami Merilaita"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Sami Merilaita.

  2. 1. Cryptic coloration, microhabitat choice and polymorphism in Idotea baltica (Isopoda)

    Author : Sami Merilaita; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecology; Ekologi; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; Animal Ecology; zooekologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis I have studied cryptic coloration, microhabitat use and colour polymorphism in the marine isopod Idotea baltica. In the Baltic Sea it lives and feeds mainly on the seaweed Fucus vesiculosus, which in sheltered sites usually is whitespotted on its lower parts due to epizoites. The white-spotted morph of I. READ MORE

  4. 2. Life at stake when playing hide and seek : Concealing effects of prey colouration and visual backgrounds

    Author : Marina Dimitrova; Merilaita Sami; Innes C. Cuthill; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; predation; adaptive prey coloration; camouflage; concealment; crypsis; background matching; disruptive colouration; distractive markings; Terrestrial ecology; Terrestrisk ekologi; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : A prey animal can use different strategies to avoid becoming eaten by predators. One such widely recognised strategy is the use of body colouration to decrease the risk of becoming detected, i.e. cryptic colouration. READ MORE