Martin Stevens is a British sensory and evolutionary ecologist, known for his work on animal

camouflage Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the b ...

, especially

disruptive coloration Disruptive coloration (also known as disruptive camouflage or disruptive patterning) is a form of camouflage that works by breaking up the outlines of an animal, soldier or military vehicle with a strongly contrasting pattern. It is often comb ...

Career

Stevens took his Ph.D. at the University of Bristol in 2006. He then worked as a research fellow at the University of Cambridge, before moving to the University of Exeter where his is a full professor in its Centre for Ecology and Conservation.

Works

Stevens has published over 100 journal papers, including "Animal camouflage: current issues and new perspectives", cited over 350 times, "Using

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to study animal coloration", cited over 345 times, and "

Disruptive coloration Disruptive coloration (also known as disruptive camouflage or disruptive patterning) is a form of camouflage that works by breaking up the outlines of an animal, soldier or military vehicle with a strongly contrasting pattern. It is often comb ...

and background pattern matching", cited at least 340 times. He has written or edited textbooks including ''Cheats and Deceits: How Animals and Plants Exploit and Mislead'' (2011), which discusses how animals and plants use mimicry, deception, and trickery for protection, reproduction and survival, ''Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution'' (2013) and ''Animal Camouflage: From Mechanisms to Function'' (2011).

References

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