Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... carried on the fore and hind wings respectively . Every change of hue , and difference of pattern , and gradation of tone is carried across from one wing to the other , so that a single cryptic configuration is revealed upon what are ...
... carried on the fore and hind wings respectively . Every change of hue , and difference of pattern , and gradation of tone is carried across from one wing to the other , so that a single cryptic configuration is revealed upon what are ...
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... carried by Eupagurus bernhardus — when offered to fish in an aquarium tank , were instantly and violently rejected by those individuals which mistook them for the pieces of meat which they were accustomed to take . On the other hand ...
... carried by Eupagurus bernhardus — when offered to fish in an aquarium tank , were instantly and violently rejected by those individuals which mistook them for the pieces of meat which they were accustomed to take . On the other hand ...
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... carried out in East Africa with two Cercopithecus monkeys ( 79 ) . A large and varied assortment of insects - offered to or found by the monkeys - were classified according to conspicuousness ( as indicated by their appearance and ...
... carried out in East Africa with two Cercopithecus monkeys ( 79 ) . A large and varied assortment of insects - offered to or found by the monkeys - were classified according to conspicuousness ( as indicated by their appearance and ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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