Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 9
... appear blue , for the same reason that the sky is blue , were it not for the filtering action of the overlying colour screen formed by the layer of lipophores , which transmit only the green light ( 445 ) . In the case of snakes , it ...
... appear blue , for the same reason that the sky is blue , were it not for the filtering action of the overlying colour screen formed by the layer of lipophores , which transmit only the green light ( 445 ) . In the case of snakes , it ...
Page 41
... appears almost universally upon reef fishes , and its absence , or relative deficiency , seems to be definitely ... appear to have been recognized before Thayer made his important contributions to the subject are the principles upon ...
... appears almost universally upon reef fishes , and its absence , or relative deficiency , seems to be definitely ... appear to have been recognized before Thayer made his important contributions to the subject are the principles upon ...
Page 427
... appear to be insignificant . Taken together , and considered in relation to one another , and to kindred phenomena in other fields , they present a body of evidence which makes it appear that adaptive coloration is one of the chief ...
... appear to be insignificant . Taken together , and considered in relation to one another , and to kindred phenomena in other fields , they present a body of evidence which makes it appear that adaptive coloration is one of the chief ...
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