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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- Natural levels of colour polymorphism reduce performance of visual predators searching for camouflaged prey (2014)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers (2013)
- BMC Ecology
- Eyespots divert attacks by fish (2013)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Spots and stripes: ecology and colour pattern evolution in butterflyfishes (2013)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- What is camouflage through distractive markings? (2013)
- Behavioral Ecology
- 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
- Prey pattern regularity and background complexity affect detectability of background-matching prey (2012)
- Behavioral Ecology
- Reduced predation risk for melanistic pygmy grasshoppers in post-fire environments (2012) Karpestam E, Merilaita S, Forsman A
- 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
- Animal camouflage: Mechanisms and function (2011) Stevens M., Merilaita S.
- Deflective effect and the effect of prey detectability on anti-predator function of eyespots (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology
- Applying artificial neural networks to the study of prey colouration (2010) Modelling Perception with Artificial Neural Networks Merilaita S.
- Prey concealment: Visual background complexity and prey contrast distribution (2010)
- Behavioral Ecology
- The effect of signal appearance and distance on detection risk in an aposematic butterfly larva (Parnassius apollo) (2008)
- Animal Behaviour
- Aposematic signals and the relationship between conspicuousness and distinctiveness (2007)
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Frequency-dependent predation and maintenance of prey polymorphism (2006) Merilaita S
- Frequency-dependent predation and maintenance of prey polymorphism (2006)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Using potential reproductive rates to predict mating competition among individuals qualified to mate (2001)
- Behavioral Ecology
- Optimization of cryptic coloration in heterogenous habitats (1999)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
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