Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 42
... Further consideration of this important matter will be deferred until a later chapter , when the evidence will be discussed . Further ( indirect ) evidence is afforded by certain facts now to be considered . IV . THE RELATION BETWEEN ...
... Further consideration of this important matter will be deferred until a later chapter , when the evidence will be discussed . Further ( indirect ) evidence is afforded by certain facts now to be considered . IV . THE RELATION BETWEEN ...
Page 68
... further expression of the disruptive principle which is of the very greatest interest . Such patterns as we have so far con- sidered are successful because they appear to break up the continuous surface of the body . Now this optical ...
... further expression of the disruptive principle which is of the very greatest interest . Such patterns as we have so far con- sidered are successful because they appear to break up the continuous surface of the body . Now this optical ...
Page 292
... further evidence of discriminative feeding , in the case of insectivorous bats , will be found in the important paper by Sir Edward Poulton , to which I have referred above ( p . 273 ) . II . DISCRIMINATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDING BY ...
... further evidence of discriminative feeding , in the case of insectivorous bats , will be found in the important paper by Sir Edward Poulton , to which I have referred above ( p . 273 ) . II . DISCRIMINATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDING BY ...
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