Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... Deceptive Appearance of Thinness Produced by Obliterative Shading - But there are many cases in which the quality of thinness is less real than apparent ; in which dissimulation takes the place of slimming . As examples of pure ...
... Deceptive Appearance of Thinness Produced by Obliterative Shading - But there are many cases in which the quality of thinness is less real than apparent ; in which dissimulation takes the place of slimming . As examples of pure ...
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Hugh Bamford Cott. ( 4 ) Deceptive Appearance of Thinness Produced by Structural Modi- fications - A very different deceptive arrangement making for apparent flatness is that which depends upon structural modifications in the form of ...
Hugh Bamford Cott. ( 4 ) Deceptive Appearance of Thinness Produced by Structural Modi- fications - A very different deceptive arrangement making for apparent flatness is that which depends upon structural modifications in the form of ...
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... deceptive appearance to some familiar object such as a cluster of flowers , or the dropping of a bird , and thus enhancing self - effacement rather than self - advertisement . I have referred elsewhere ( p . 331 ) to the caterpillars of ...
... deceptive appearance to some familiar object such as a cluster of flowers , or the dropping of a bird , and thus enhancing self - effacement rather than self - advertisement . I have referred elsewhere ( p . 331 ) to the caterpillars of ...
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