Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Hugh Bamford Cott. in a place covered with green herbage , and to brown plants in a place where the herbage was burnt and brown , the distribution being as follows : 65 brown specimens - 45 on green and 20 on brown plants ; 45 green ...
Hugh Bamford Cott. in a place covered with green herbage , and to brown plants in a place where the herbage was burnt and brown , the distribution being as follows : 65 brown specimens - 45 on green and 20 on brown plants ; 45 green ...
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... covering the animal's back , flanks , and tail region . Although strictly nocturnal in its habits , the whiteness of the ... covered with sores , from one of which I removed a broken portion of a porcupine quill . On its neck was a bare ...
... covering the animal's back , flanks , and tail region . Although strictly nocturnal in its habits , the whiteness of the ... covered with sores , from one of which I removed a broken portion of a porcupine quill . On its neck was a bare ...
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... covered over with a hillock of moss perhaps 50 to 100 times as big as itself . Only the tips of its front legs and the ends of its pointed jaws projected from under the edge of the heap . On other occasions it covered itself with lichen ...
... covered over with a hillock of moss perhaps 50 to 100 times as big as itself . Only the tips of its front legs and the ends of its pointed jaws projected from under the edge of the heap . On other occasions it covered itself with lichen ...
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