Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 149
... animals may be due to the direct influence of the medium in which the animals live ( 417 ) ; that the assumption of a white winter dress by Arctic animals is a seasonal response to cold ( 406 ) ; that the light colora- tion of desert ...
... animals may be due to the direct influence of the medium in which the animals live ( 417 ) ; that the assumption of a white winter dress by Arctic animals is a seasonal response to cold ( 406 ) ; that the light colora- tion of desert ...
Page 154
... animals which are not thus protected ' . This type of statement might , of course , be applied to any characteristic of animal life , such as the death - feigning instinct , or the possession of poison . If employed as an argument ...
... animals which are not thus protected ' . This type of statement might , of course , be applied to any characteristic of animal life , such as the death - feigning instinct , or the possession of poison . If employed as an argument ...
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... animals with distasteful or dangerous qualities , and , as such , with the function of warning . But there are many red animals , like certain deep - sea fishes and crustacea , whose colour cannot have any such function in the eternal ...
... animals with distasteful or dangerous qualities , and , as such , with the function of warning . But there are many red animals , like certain deep - sea fishes and crustacea , whose colour cannot have any such function in the eternal ...
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