Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... belts are almost black in colour ; and P. blainvillii frontale — the only known horned lizard which inhabits the forest belt near Pacific Grove , Monterey County , simulates the colour of the pine - needle carpet . ( 3 ) General ...
... belts are almost black in colour ; and P. blainvillii frontale — the only known horned lizard which inhabits the forest belt near Pacific Grove , Monterey County , simulates the colour of the pine - needle carpet . ( 3 ) General ...
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... Belt , Hale Carpenter , Graham Kerr , Hingston , W. H. Hudson , Julian Huxley , Miles Moss , Mortensen , Poulton , Shelford , Swynnerton , and others whose extensive experience of field natural history has convinced them of the adaptive ...
... Belt , Hale Carpenter , Graham Kerr , Hingston , W. H. Hudson , Julian Huxley , Miles Moss , Mortensen , Poulton , Shelford , Swynnerton , and others whose extensive experience of field natural history has convinced them of the adaptive ...
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... Belt's observation that his fowls and ducks refused to touch a vividly coloured red and blue frog when it was offered them . As a further example of deliberate avoidance of highly conspicuous frogs by birds , I may mention a very ...
... Belt's observation that his fowls and ducks refused to touch a vividly coloured red and blue frog when it was offered them . As a further example of deliberate avoidance of highly conspicuous frogs by birds , I may mention a very ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude autotomy bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments exposed fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey group of animals habits Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic mimicry moths nature nest nidifugous Nightjars nocturnal observed optical Orthoptera phenomena pigment Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various visual warning coloration widely wings yellow Zool