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The influence of illumination and cast shadows on prey detectability by predators.
Lou Cauchi, Keagan Reynolds, Sami Merilaita, Jennifer Kelley

R Soc Open Sci· September 2025

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Genetic structure, UV-vision, wing coloration and size coincide with colour polymorphism in Fabriciana adippe butterflies.
Daniela Polic, Yeşerin Yıldırım, Sami Merilaita, Markus Franzén, Anders Forsman

Mol Ecol· March 2024

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Habitat heterogeneity limits prey colour polymorphism maintained via negative frequency-dependent selection.
Gopal Murali, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Sami Merilaita

J Evol Biol· March 2024

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Grab my tail: evolution of dazzle stripes and colourful tails in lizards.
Gopal Murali, Sami Merilaita, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah

J Evol Biol· November 2018

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Scary clowns: adaptive function of anemonefish coloration.
Sami Merilaita, Jennifer L Kelley

J Evol Biol· October 2018

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Resemblance to the Enemy's Eyes Underlies the Intimidating Effect of Eyespots.
Karin Kjernsmo, Sami Merilaita

Am Nat· October 2017

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How camouflage works.
Sami Merilaita, Nicholas E Scott-Samuel, Innes C Cuthill

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci· July 2017

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Colour Polymorphism Protects Prey Individuals and Populations Against Predation.
Einat Karpestam, Sami Merilaita, Anders Forsman

Sci Rep· February 2016

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Eyespots divert attacks by fish.
Karin Kjernsmo, Sami Merilaita

Proc Biol Sci· September 2013

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Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers.
Einat Karpestam, Sami Merilaita, Anders Forsman

BMC Ecol· May 2013

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Spots and stripes: ecology and colour pattern evolution in butterflyfishes.
Jennifer L Kelley, John L Fitzpatrick, Sami Merilaita

Proc Biol Sci· April 2013

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Background choice as an anti-predator strategy: the roles of background matching and visual complexity in the habitat choice of the least killifish.
Karin Kjernsmo, Sami Merilaita

Proc Biol Sci· October 2012

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Reduced predation risk for melanistic pygmy grasshoppers in post-fire environments.
Einat Karpestam, Sami Merilaita, Anders Forsman

Ecol Evol· September 2012

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Concealed by conspicuousness: distractive prey markings and backgrounds.
Marina Dimitrova, Nina Stobbe, H Martin Schaefer, Sami Merilaita

Proc Biol Sci· May 2009

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Defining disruptive coloration and distinguishing its functions.
Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci· February 2009

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Animal camouflage: current issues and new perspectives.
Martin Stevens, Sami Merilaita

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci· February 2009

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Chromaticity in the UV/blue range facilitates the search for achromatically background-matching prey in birds.
Nina Stobbe, Marina Dimitrova, Sami Merilaita, H Martin Schaefer

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci· February 2009

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Reckless males, rational females: dynamic trade-off between food and shelter in the marine isopod Idotea balthica.
Outi Vesakoski, Sami Merilaita, Veijo Jormalainen

Behav Processes· November 2008

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Aposematic signals and the relationship between conspicuousness and distinctiveness.
Sami Merilaita, Graeme D Ruxton

J Theor Biol· March 2007

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Artificial neural networks and the study of evolution of prey coloration.
Sami Merilaita

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci· March 2007

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Aposematism and crypsis combined as a result of distance dependence: functional versatility of the colour pattern in the swallowtail butterfly larva.
Birgitta S Tullberg, Sami Merilaita, Christer Wiklund

Proc Biol Sci· July 2005

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Background-matching and disruptive coloration, and the evolution of cryptic coloration.
Sami Merilaita, Johan Lind

Proc Biol Sci· March 2005

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Constrained camouflage facilitates the evolution of conspicuous warning coloration.
Sami Merilaita, Birgitta S Tullberg

Evolution· January 2005

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Visual background complexity facilitates the evolution of camouflage.
Sami Merilaita

Evolution· June 2003

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