Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... brought about by the rearrangement of pigment granules within specialized cells the chromatophores . The power of rapid , and sometimes almost instantaneous , adjustment to the colour of the background is one especially suited to active ...
... brought about by the rearrangement of pigment granules within specialized cells the chromatophores . The power of rapid , and sometimes almost instantaneous , adjustment to the colour of the background is one especially suited to active ...
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... brought to some discredit through the tendency of certain writers to be carried away from the facts by their own enthusiasm , and they have brought down storms of criticism which are sometimes misdirected against the theory itself ...
... brought to some discredit through the tendency of certain writers to be carried away from the facts by their own enthusiasm , and they have brought down storms of criticism which are sometimes misdirected against the theory itself ...
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... brought in straight from its mother's lair , and was allowed to live an almost free and natural life in a large garden . Alcock's account is peculiarly pertinent to the subject under discussion , and I give it in his own words : ' Now ...
... brought in straight from its mother's lair , and was allowed to live an almost free and natural life in a large garden . Alcock's account is peculiarly pertinent to the subject under discussion , and I give it in his own words : ' Now ...
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