Sami Merilaita
PhD, Docent
Department of Biology sami.merilaita@utu.fi +358 29 450 6106 +358 50 513 4636 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku : 232 |
behavioural ecology; evolutionary ecology; protective coloration; colour polymorphism
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- (2024)
- Molecular EcologyBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Habitat heterogeneity limits prey colour polymorphism maintained via negative frequency-dependent selectionHide and seek: properties of prey and background patterns affect prey detection by blue tits (2024)
- Journal of Evolutionary BiologyBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community (2023)
- Aquatic Invasions
- On the spectrum of animal coloration: a comment on Postema et al. Comment (2023)
- Behavioral Ecology
- Dark-eyed females: sexually dimorphic prespawning coloration results from sex-specific physiological response to hormone exposure in the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) (2022)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Effect of sand texture on nest quality and mating success in a fish with parental care (2019)
- Size and contrast increase the divertive effect of eyespots2019
- Behavioral EcologyAnimal Behaviour
- Grab my tail: Evolution of dazzle stripes and colourful tails in lizards (2018)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Scary clowns: adaptive function of anemonefish coloration (2018)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Size variability effects on visual detection are influenced by colour pattern and perceived size (2018)
- How camouflage works (2017)
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
- Resemblance to the Enemy's Eyes Underlies the Intimidating Effect of Eyespots (2017)
- American NaturalistBehavioral Ecology
- Adaptive constellations of protective marks: eyespots, eye stripes and diversion of attacks by fish (2016)
- Animal Behaviour
- Broadening the angle of view on aposematism: a comment on Skelhorn et al. (2016)
- Colour Polymorphism Protects Prey Individuals and Populations Against Predation (2016)
- Scientific Reports
- Testing the role of background matching and self-shadow concealment in explaining countershading coloration in wild-caught rainbowfish (2015)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Accuracy of background matching and prey detection: predation by blue tits indicates intense selection for highly matching prey colour pattern (2014)
- Functional EcologyBehavioral Ecology
- Alluring illusions: a comment on Kelley and Kelley (2014)
- Body size influences differently the detectabilities of colour morphs of cryptic prey (2014)
- (2014)
- Behavioral Ecology
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