scholarly journals A Study of Shape Similarity for Temporal Surface Sequences of People

Author(s):  
Peng Huang ◽  
Jonathan Starck ◽  
Adrian Hilton
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1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-383
Author(s):  
G. A. van zanten ◽  
A. van de sande ◽  
M. P. brocaar

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1597-1610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoqian Cai ◽  
Jiayu Gong ◽  
Xiaofeng Liu ◽  
Hualiang Jiang ◽  
Daqi Gao ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Ernest Greene ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline R Gillebert ◽  
Hans P Op de Beeck ◽  
Johan Wagemans

Behaviour ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Fanrong Xiao ◽  
Rongping Bu ◽  
Haitao Shi

Abstract Masquerade occurs when an organism resembles an inedible or uninteresting object (model), such as a leaf, stick, or stone. The shapes of many species are described as similar to those of models in their microhabitats, but these similarities have not been quantified effectively. To describe the shape similarity between an animal and a model, we applied a shape description method in a field study of the four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata). Our results showed that shape similarity between turtles and stones in the Hezonggou River was significantly higher midstream than that upstream and downstream. In line with these findings, masquerade efficiency was highest for turtles in the midstream area, with both inexperienced and experienced human ‘predators’. Masquerade efficiency was positively correlated with shape similarity in all stream sections. Shape similarity ranged from 0 to 1, with <0.65 indicating low masquerade efficiency and >0.80 indicating high masquerade efficiency. Our quantitative method was able to provide data that could be used to form an ecologically plausible argument; thus, shape similarity can be used to assess animal’s masquerade efficiency. This method will be of considerable use in future animal masquerade research.


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