Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... exhibited by particular groups of animals whose habits and relationships are such as to place a premium on concealment , whether for offensive or defensive purposes . The fact is that with such species the divergent colour differences ...
... exhibited by particular groups of animals whose habits and relationships are such as to place a premium on concealment , whether for offensive or defensive purposes . The fact is that with such species the divergent colour differences ...
Page 148
... exhibited by the innumerable species of animals living in different surroundings , it would be more embarrassing to have to explain the absence of such chance likenesses , than their occurrence . Their inevitable existence does enforce ...
... exhibited by the innumerable species of animals living in different surroundings , it would be more embarrassing to have to explain the absence of such chance likenesses , than their occurrence . Their inevitable existence does enforce ...
Page 430
... exhibited in display but normally concealed . Here we find the nicest agreement between the dis- position of conspicuous patches and the shape of the structures upon which they are at one time exhibited , and by which at another they ...
... exhibited in display but normally concealed . Here we find the nicest agreement between the dis- position of conspicuous patches and the shape of the structures upon which they are at one time exhibited , and by which at another they ...
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