Testing The Protective Function of Flash Coloration Using Wild Avian Predators
Many prey reveal conspicuous color patches during movement that become concealed when they stop. Such abrupt changes in appearance have been proposed to disrupt predator tracking and make prey more difficult to relocate, providing the basis of the flash coloration hypothesis. However, empirical support remains inconsistent and comes largely from experiments using human observers or simplified…
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