Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... forest belt near Pacific Grove , Monterey County , simulates the colour of the pine - needle carpet . ( 3 ) General ... forest foliage . A modification of this dress is worn by the handsome Ocelot ( F. pardalis ) , exclusively a forest ...
... forest belt near Pacific Grove , Monterey County , simulates the colour of the pine - needle carpet . ( 3 ) General ... forest foliage . A modification of this dress is worn by the handsome Ocelot ( F. pardalis ) , exclusively a forest ...
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Hugh Bamford Cott. ( 2 ) Seasonal Change in Deciduous Forest - We have now to mention briefly a type of colour change ... forests , undergo a seasonal colour change . During the summer they are decor- ated with white spots ; but in winter ...
Hugh Bamford Cott. ( 2 ) Seasonal Change in Deciduous Forest - We have now to mention briefly a type of colour change ... forests , undergo a seasonal colour change . During the summer they are decor- ated with white spots ; but in winter ...
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... forest trails noiselessly , while his white companion , untrained and unused to the ways of the forest and of forest creatures , blunders along , with the rustling of leaves and the cracking of twigs to herald his every step . IV ...
... forest trails noiselessly , while his white companion , untrained and unused to the ways of the forest and of forest creatures , blunders along , with the rustling of leaves and the cracking of twigs to herald his every step . IV ...
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