Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page xvii
... COLOUR RESEMBLANCE : COMMON CRYPTIC COLORATION III ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE IV COLOUR RESEMBLANCE IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES : LOCAL RACES PAGE 5 6 II 13 V COLOUR RESEMBLANCE IN DIFFERENT SEASONS : SEASONAL DIMORPHISM 17 18 ...
... COLOUR RESEMBLANCE : COMMON CRYPTIC COLORATION III ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE IV COLOUR RESEMBLANCE IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES : LOCAL RACES PAGE 5 6 II 13 V COLOUR RESEMBLANCE IN DIFFERENT SEASONS : SEASONAL DIMORPHISM 17 18 ...
Page 164
... colour discrimination as opposed to brightness discrimination . Inten- sity must not be confused with wave - length . The same colour may have widely different brightness values ; and conversely , different colours may have the same ...
... colour discrimination as opposed to brightness discrimination . Inten- sity must not be confused with wave - length . The same colour may have widely different brightness values ; and conversely , different colours may have the same ...
Page 165
... colour - perception exists in insects . However , insects do not as a rule respond to the same range of colours as human beings . Moreover , the spectral range is not the same for different orders of insects , nor even necessarily for ...
... colour - perception exists in insects . However , insects do not as a rule respond to the same range of colours as human beings . Moreover , the spectral range is not the same for different orders of insects , nor even necessarily for ...
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