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• Spottiswoode, C. N. & Stevens, M. (2012) Host-parasite arms races and rapid changes in bird egg appearance. American Naturalist (in press)
  
  
• Stevens, M. & Ruxton, G.D. 2011. Linking the evolution and form of warning coloration in nature. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1932
  (Covered by: Discovery News)
  
  
• Stevens, M., Searle, W.T.L., Seymour, J.E., Marshall, K.M. & Ruxton, G.D. 2011. Motion dazzle and camouflage as distinct anti-predator defenses. BMC Biology. 9:81. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-9-81
  
  
• Stevens, M. 2011. Avian vision and egg coloration: concepts and measurements. Avian Biology Research. 4:190-206.
  
  
• Tanaka, K., Morimoto, G., Stevens, M. & Ueda, K. In Press. Rethinking visual supernormal stimuli in cuckoos: visual modeling of host and parasite signals. Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arr084
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C.N. & Stevens, M. 2011. How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0401
  (Covered by: The Times, The New York Times, USA Today, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Scotland, plus various other newspapers and radio programmes in other countries).
  
  
• Higham, J.P., Hughes, K.D., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Engelhardt, A., Heistermann, M., Maestriperi, D., Santos, L.R. & Stevens, M. 2011. Familiarity affects the assessment of female facial signals of fertility by free-ranging male rhesus macaques. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 278: 3452-3458.
  (Covered by: The New York Times, MSNBC)
  
  
• Stoddard, M.C. & Stevens, M. 2011. Avian vision and the evolution of egg color mimicry in the common cuckoo. Evolution, 65: 2004-2013.
  (Covered by: BBC Online, BBC Radio 5 Live, CBC radio Canada, and NPR radio USA)
  
  
• Langmore, N.E., Stevens, M., Maurer, G., Heinsohn, R., Hall, M.L., Peters, A., & Kilner, R.M. 2011. Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 278: 2455-2463.
  
  
• Lindstedt, C., Eager, H., Ihalainen, E., Kahilainen, A., Stevens, M., & Mappes, J. 2011. Direction and strength of selection by predators for the color of the aposematic wood tiger moth. Behavioral Ecology. 22: 580–587.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C.N. & Stevens, M. 2010. Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 8672-8676.
  (Covered by: BBC Earthnews website, 27 April 2010; Wired 27 April 2010)
  
  
• Higham, J.P., Brent, L.J.N., Dubuc, C., Accamando, A.K., Engelhardt, A., Gerald, M.S., Heistermann, M. & Stevens, M. 2010. Color signal information content and the eye of the beholder: a case study in the rhesus macaque. Behavioral Ecology. 21: 739-746.
  
  
• Sandre, S-L., Stevens, M. & Mappes, J. 2010. The effect of predator appetite, prey warning coloration and luminance on predator foraging decisions. Behaviour 147: 1121-1143.
  
  
• Shultziner, D., Stevens, T., Stevens, M., Stewart, B.A., Hannagan, R.J. & Saltini-Semerari, G. 2010. The causes and scope of political egalitarianism during the Last Glacial: a multi-disciplinary perspective. Biology and Philosophy 25: 319-346.
  
  
• Stevens, M. 2010. Sensory ecology, evolution, and behavior. Current Zoology. 56: 1-3.
  
  
• Stoddard, M.C. & Stevens, M. 2010. Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 277, 1387–1393.
  (Covered by: BBC Online, The Big Picture)
  
  
• Stevens, M., Cantor, A., Graham, & J. Winney, I.S. 2009. The function of animal ‘eyespots’: conspicuousness but not eye mimicry is key. Current Zoology. 55: 319-326.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Stoddard, M.C. & Higham, J.P. 2009. Studying primate color: towards visual system dependent methods. International Journal of Primatology. 30: 893–917.
  
  
• Langmore, N.E., Stevens, M., Maurer, G. & Kilner, R.M. 2009. Are dark cuckoo eggs cryptic in host nests? Animal Behaviour. 78: 461-468.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Winney, I.S., Cantor, A. & Graham, J. 2009. Object outline and surface disruption in animal camouflage. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 276: 781-786.
  
  
• Stevens, M. & Merilaita, S. 2009. Defining disruptive coloration and distinguishing its functions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B. 364. 364: 481-488.
  
  
• Stevens, M. & Merilaita, S. 2009. Animal camouflage: current issues and new perspectives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B. 364: 423-427.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Castor-Perry, S.A. & Price, J.R.F. 2009. The protective value of conspicuous signals is not impaired by shape, size, or position asymmetry. Behavioral Ecology. 20: 96-102.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Graham, J., Winney, I.S. & Cantor, A. 2008. Testing Thayer’s hypothesis: can camouflage work by distraction? Biology Letters. 4, 648–650.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Yule, D.H. & Ruxton, G.D. 2008. Dazzle coloration and prey movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 275: 2639–2643.
  (Covered by: The New York Times, August 19th 2008)
  
  
• Stevens, M., Stubbins, C.L. & Hardman, C.J. 2008. The anti-predator function of ‘eyespots’ on camouflaged and conspicuous prey. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 62:1787–1793.
  (Covered by: Spotted: Nature 453:1146)
  
  
• Stevens, M., Hardman, C.J., & Stubbins, C.L. 2008. Conspicuousness, not eye mimicry, makes ‘eyespots’ effective anti-predator signals. Behavioral Ecology. 19: 525–531.
  (Covered by: New Scientist (Issue 2646, Mar 2008), National Geographic News (Feb 2008), The Times newspaper (Feb 2008), The Telegraph Online (Feb 2008), Natural History Magazine (May 2008).
  
  
• Cuthill, I.C., Troscianko, T., Kibblewhite, A., King, O. & Stevens, M. 2007. Edge enhancement in disruptive camouflage. Perception. 36: 1399.
  
  
• Rowland, H.M., Speed, M.P., Ruxton, G.D., Edmunds, M., Stevens, M. & Harvey, I.F. 2007. Countershading enhances cryptic protection: an experiment with wild birds and artificial prey. Animal Behaviour. 74: 1249-1258.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Hopkins, E., Hinde, W., Adcock, A., Connelly, Y., Troscianko, T. & Cuthill, I.C. 2007. Field experiments on the effectiveness of 'eyespots' as predator deterrents. Animal Behaviour. 74: 1215-1227.
  
  
• Houston, A.I., Stevens, M. & Cuthill, I.C. 2007. Animal camouflage: compromise or specialise in a two patch-type environment? Behavioral Ecology. 18: 769-775.
  
  
• Stevens, M. & Cuthill, I.C. 2007. Hidden Messages: Are Ultraviolet Signals a Special Channel in Avian Communication? BioScience. 57: 501-507.
  
  
• Stevens, M. 2007. Predator perception and the interrelation between different forms of protective coloration. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 274: 1457-1464.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Párraga, C. A., Cuthill, I.C., Partridge, J.C. & Troscianko, T. 2007. Using digital photography to study animal coloration. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 90: 211-237.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Cuthill, I.C., Windsor, A.M.M. & Walker, H.J. 2006. Disruptive contrast in animal camouflage. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 273: 2433-2438.
  (Covered by: Endler, J. A. 2006. Disruptive and cryptic coloration. Proc. R. Soc. B 273, 2425-2426.)
  
  
• Cuthill, I.C., Stevens, M., Windsor, A.M.M. & Walker, H.J. 2006. The effects of pattern symmetry on detection of disruptive and background matching coloration. Behavioral Ecology. 17: 828-832.
  
  
• Stevens, M. & Cuthill, I.C. 2006. Disruptive coloration, crypsis and edge detection in early visual processing. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 273: 2141-2147.
  
  
• Stevens, M. 2005. The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera. Biological Reviews. 80: 573-588.
  
  
• Cuthill, I.C., Stevens, M., Sheppard, J, Maddocks, T, Párraga, C. A. & Troscianko, T. 2005. Disruptive coloration and background pattern matching. Nature. 434: 72-74.
  (Covered by: Sherratt, T.N., Rashed, A. & Beatty, C.D. 2005. Hiding in plain sight. TREE 20, 414-416; Science Online.)
  
  
• Stevens, M. & Cuthill, I.C. 2005. The unsuitability of html-based colour charts for estimating animal colours - a comment on Berggren and Merilä (2004). Frontiers in Zoology. 2(1-14).
  
  
• Stevens, M., Cuthill, I.C., Sheppard, J., Maddocks, T., Troscianko, T., & Párraga, C. A. 2004. Disruptive colouration and background pattern matching. Perception. 33: 35.
  
  
• Franks, N.R., Dornhaus, A., Fitzsimmons, J.P. & Stevens, M. 2003. Speed versus accuracy in collective decision making. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 1532: 2457-2463.
  (Covered by: Editor’s Choice: Taking a quick vote under pressure. Science 302, 537.)
  
  

• Stevens, M. & Merilaita, S. 2011. Chapter 1: Animal Camouflage: An Introduction. In: Animal Camouflage: From Mechanisms & Function. Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Merilaita, S. & Stevens, M. 2011. Chapter 2: Crypsis through background matching. In: Animal Camouflage: From Mechanisms & Function. Cambridge University Press.
  
  
• Mappes, J. & Stevens, M. 2010. Chapter 9: Information use and sensory ecology. pp 148-161. In: Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology. Edited by C. Fox & D. Westneat. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Caro, T., Merilaita, S., & Stevens, M. 2008. The Colours of Animals: from Wallace to the Present Day. I. Cryptic Colouration. pp 125-143. In: Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace. Edited by Charles H. Smith and George W. Beccaloni. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Stevens, M., Cuthill, I.C., Párraga, C. A. & Troscianko, T. 2007. The effectiveness of disruptive coloration as a concealment strategy. In: Progress in Brain Research. Edited by J.-M. Alonso, S. Macknik, L. Martinez, P. Tse & S. Martinez-Conde). Elsevier. 155:49-65.

• Stevens, M. & Merilaita, S. (Eds). (2011). Animal Camouflage: From Mechanisms to Function. Cambridge University Press.