Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 148
... combined use in one animal of colour - harmony , obliterative shading , and disruptive coloration - to say nothing of habits which in relation to an animal's particular surroundings and mode of life add further significance to its ...
... combined use in one animal of colour - harmony , obliterative shading , and disruptive coloration - to say nothing of habits which in relation to an animal's particular surroundings and mode of life add further significance to its ...
Page 176
... combined experiments , out of 542 ( identified ) fishes eaten — 176 ( 32 per cent . ) were colour - adapted , 366 ( 68 per cent . ) were non - adapted . Expressed so as to show the relative numbers of casualties and survivors among ...
... combined experiments , out of 542 ( identified ) fishes eaten — 176 ( 32 per cent . ) were colour - adapted , 366 ( 68 per cent . ) were non - adapted . Expressed so as to show the relative numbers of casualties and survivors among ...
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... combined equipment - both protective and advertising - characteristic of aposematic animals , as illustrated by the ... combination of spiny armour , stinking secretions , fierce demeanour , toughness , or unpalatability ) which render ...
... combined equipment - both protective and advertising - characteristic of aposematic animals , as illustrated by the ... combination of spiny armour , stinking secretions , fierce demeanour , toughness , or unpalatability ) which render ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antenn¿ 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 larv¿ 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