Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... branches , are highly sensitive to various shades of brown and grey commonly associated with the bark of their food plant , but that when the larvæ were exposed to the influence of lichen - covered branches , their brown bark - like ...
... branches , are highly sensitive to various shades of brown and grey commonly associated with the bark of their food plant , but that when the larvæ were exposed to the influence of lichen - covered branches , their brown bark - like ...
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... branches , draped with long grey masses of beardmoss or lichen . As the monkeys hang from the branches they so closely resemble the lichen , that I have found it impossible to recognize them when but a short distance away ' ( 217 ) ...
... branches , draped with long grey masses of beardmoss or lichen . As the monkeys hang from the branches they so closely resemble the lichen , that I have found it impossible to recognize them when but a short distance away ' ( 217 ) ...
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... branches . Yet , he says , ' it was with the most extreme difficulty that I , or my sharp - eyed servant , could ever detect them , even in trees where we knew they were sitting . The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in ...
... branches . Yet , he says , ' it was with the most extreme difficulty that I , or my sharp - eyed servant , could ever detect them , even in trees where we knew they were sitting . The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in ...
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