Sentence examples for disruptive background from inspiring English sources

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Notably, some (but not all) animals change their calls or calling patterns in an apparent attempt to maintain effective communication despite the disruptive background noise (Miller et al. 2000; Slabberkoorn and Peet 2003; Foote et al. 2004; Sun and Narins 2005).

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Targets with stripes were caught less often than the camouflage (disruptive and background matching) targets (F(1) = 8.37, P = 0.004).

There were no significant differences between the low- and high-contrast camouflaged targets (F(1) = 1.27, P = 0.261), or between the disruptive and background matching prey (F(1) = 0.92, P = 0.339).

We conducted the following planned comparisons: (i) white versus the striped prey, (ii) stripes versus the gray target, (iii) gray versus the camouflage targets, (iv) high versus low-contrast prey, (v) disruptive versus background matching, (vi) high versus low-contrast stripes, and (vii) high versus low-contrast disruptive prey.

There was no difference in capture risk between the disruptive and background matching targets (F(1) = 0.01, P = 0.906), between the high and low-contrast targets overall (F(1) = 0.05, P = 0.817), between the high and low-contrast stripes [ F(1) = 2.84, P = 0.112], or between the high and low-contrast disruptive targets (F(1) = 0.07, P = 0.789).

There was no significant difference in misses between the white target and all other prey types (F(1) = 0.71, P = 0.399), between the disruptive and background matching targets (F(1) = 0.26, P = 0.610), or between the prey with interval stripes and those with banding (F(1) = 0.24, P = 0.627).

The bold stripes of the zebra have been claimed to be disruptive camouflage, background-blending and countershading.

"Effective teaching and learning cannot take place against a constant background of disruptive behaviour by pupils," said Mr Perfect.

For our planned comparisons, we compared (i) white versus the aggregate of all other prey types, (ii) gray versus the aggregate of all patterned prey types, (iii) dazzle prey (stripes and interval stripes) versus the camouflage prey (background matching and disruptive coloration), (iv) striped versus interval stripes, and (v) background matching versus disruptive coloration.

The majority of camouflage methods aim for crypsis, often through a general resemblance to the background, high contrast disruptive coloration, eliminating shadow, and countershading.

There was no difference between the background matching and disruptive targets (S(1) < 0.01, P = 1.000).

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