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... a yellow background in from ten ' to twenty days , while they reassumed their
white coloration on a white background ... adjustment to the colour of the
background is one especially suited to active animals which are constantly
passing and ...
... a yellow background in from ten ' to twenty days , while they reassumed their
white coloration on a white background ... adjustment to the colour of the
background is one especially suited to active animals which are constantly
passing and ...
Page 35
Shade gives the appearance of projection , or of depth , and by means of light
and shade alone a solid body can be distinguished even when it is placed before
a background whose colour and texture exactly matches its own . This is well ...
Shade gives the appearance of projection , or of depth , and by means of light
and shade alone a solid body can be distinguished even when it is placed before
a background whose colour and texture exactly matches its own . This is well ...
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Graph showing the deaths due to predation ( i ) among 70 individuals of Mantis
religiosa exposed against a revealing background - green on brown and brown
on green- ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 individuals exposed against a ...
Graph showing the deaths due to predation ( i ) among 70 individuals of Mantis
religiosa exposed against a revealing background - green on brown and brown
on green- ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 individuals exposed against a ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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