Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 38
... effect which is in this case enhanced by the white markings on the flanks . These resemble , or at any rate suggest , flecks of sunlight , and , as it were , carry the eye of the observer through the optically flattened surface of the ...
... effect which is in this case enhanced by the white markings on the flanks . These resemble , or at any rate suggest , flecks of sunlight , and , as it were , carry the eye of the observer through the optically flattened surface of the ...
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... effect thus produced is not less remarkable for the fact that , unlike that of the zebra , it is a temporary manifestation of the complex chromatophoral mechanism . We may here note in passing the very interesting fact - which will be ...
... effect thus produced is not less remarkable for the fact that , unlike that of the zebra , it is a temporary manifestation of the complex chromatophoral mechanism . We may here note in passing the very interesting fact - which will be ...
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... effect of their own plumage . Such eggs are typically coloured some shade of buff , greenish - olive , or yellowish - brown , variously broken with darker tones . But what I wish to emphasize here is the optical principle — and its ...
... effect of their own plumage . Such eggs are typically coloured some shade of buff , greenish - olive , or yellowish - brown , variously broken with darker tones . But what I wish to emphasize here is the optical principle — and its ...
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