Sami Merilaita
PhD, Docent
Department of Biology sami.merilaita@utu.fi +358 29 450 6106 +358 50 513 4636 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 232 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6437-9863 |
Areas of expertise
behavioural ecology; evolutionary ecology; protective coloration; colour polymorphism
behavioural ecology; evolutionary ecology; protective coloration; colour polymorphism
Publications 
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- Natural levels of colour polymorphism reduce performance of visual predators searching for camouflaged prey (2014)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers (2013)
- BMC Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eyespots divert attacks by fish (2013)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spots and stripes: ecology and colour pattern evolution in butterflyfishes (2013)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - What is camouflage through distractive markings? (2013)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Background choice as an anti-predator strategy: the roles of background matching and visual complexity in the habitat choice of the least killifish (2012)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prey pattern regularity and background complexity affect detectability of background-matching prey (2012)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reduced predation risk for melanistic pygmy grasshoppers in post-fire environments (2012) Karpestam E, Merilaita S, Forsman A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The detectability of the colour pattern in the aposematic firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus: an image-based experiment with human 'predators' (2012)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Animal camouflage: Mechanisms and function (2011) Stevens M., Merilaita S.
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Deflective effect and the effect of prey detectability on anti-predator function of eyespots (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Applying artificial neural networks to the study of prey colouration (2010) Modelling Perception with Artificial Neural Networks Merilaita S.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Prey concealment: Visual background complexity and prey contrast distribution (2010)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effect of signal appearance and distance on detection risk in an aposematic butterfly larva (Parnassius apollo) (2008)
- Animal Behaviour
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aposematic signals and the relationship between conspicuousness and distinctiveness (2007)
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Frequency-dependent predation and maintenance of prey polymorphism (2006) Merilaita S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Frequency-dependent predation and maintenance of prey polymorphism (2006)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Using potential reproductive rates to predict mating competition among individuals qualified to mate (2001)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Optimization of cryptic coloration in heterogenous habitats (1999)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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