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Media interested in our Virtual Lens

November 14, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Lizards, News, Virtual Lens

Our Virtual Lens project has attracted media interest with Richard and Snow filmed by Channel Ten. Filming indoors and outdoors

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Virtual Lens method paper published

November 7, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Lizards, News, Papers, Virtual Lens

We are pleased to report that Snow’s paper – the Virtual Lens Project method paper – was just published  in

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Cryptic walking of chameleons

August 15, 2017 eriophora Lizards, Past projects

Chameleons are known to spontaneously perform jerky movements when walking. This jaggered walking behaviour has been assumed to be mimicking

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Motion signals and lizard muscle

August 15, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Lizards

The Jacky lizard (Amphibolurus muricatus) responds to greater plant motion noise by extending the duration of introductory tail flicking, which

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Motion Signalling & Predators

August 14, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Lizards

Models of signal evolution predict that the threat posed by eavesdropping predators will influence the evolution of signal structure and

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Lizards choose perches non randomly

August 13, 2017 eriophora Lizards

Effective visual crypsis requires that animals behave in a manner consistent with their camouflage. Individuals who employ background-matching strategies are

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chestnut dumped thornbill

Zebra finches and heterospecific alarm calls

August 13, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Birds

Studies have shown that numerous species eavesdrop on the calls of heterospecifics to gain information about predator presence. Responding to

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Zebra finches don’t alarm call

July 12, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Birds, Papers

Many vertebrates use vocalizations to communicate about the presence of predators, and some encode information about predator type or behaviour.

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Interspecific variation in motion displays

May 23, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Lizards, Papers

Signaling species occurring in sympatry areoften exposed to similar environmental constraints, so similar adaptations to enhance signal efficacy are expected.

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Anolis signals & local adaption

March 31, 2017 eriophora Animal communication, Ecuador, Lizards

For animals to communicate effectively, signals are required to be successfully detected by an intended receiver across the extent of

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