Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 185
... attention . Hence the vital need for stillness - an instinct which is part and parcel of the make - up of the Geometrid larvæ under consideration . III . DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF PREDATORS IN THE FIELD ...
... attention . Hence the vital need for stillness - an instinct which is part and parcel of the make - up of the Geometrid larvæ under consideration . III . DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF PREDATORS IN THE FIELD ...
Page 371
... attention . Gilbert White speaks of the way in which ' a partridge will tumble along before a sportsman in order to ... attention is directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies the attention is ...
... attention . Gilbert White speaks of the way in which ' a partridge will tumble along before a sportsman in order to ... attention is directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies the attention is ...
Page 386
... ATTENTION OF ENEMIES TO THE MOST DANGEROUS ATTRIBUTE OF THEIR PREY The markings to which I must now very briefly refer belong functionally to the important warning ( aposematic ) type which has already been discussed in detail . There ...
... ATTENTION OF ENEMIES TO THE MOST DANGEROUS ATTRIBUTE OF THEIR PREY The markings to which I must now very briefly refer belong functionally to the important warning ( aposematic ) type which has already been discussed in detail . There ...
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