Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... instance , in groups so diverse in habits and affinity as spiders , lizards , and cats . ( 1 ) General Resemblances among Spiders - Various members of the first group well illustrate the point . Thus species that live on bark , like ...
... instance , in groups so diverse in habits and affinity as spiders , lizards , and cats . ( 1 ) General Resemblances among Spiders - Various members of the first group well illustrate the point . Thus species that live on bark , like ...
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... instance , the combined use in one animal of colour - harmony , obliterative shading , and disruptive coloration - to say nothing of habits which in relation to an animal's particular surroundings and mode of life add further ...
... instance , the combined use in one animal of colour - harmony , obliterative shading , and disruptive coloration - to say nothing of habits which in relation to an animal's particular surroundings and mode of life add further ...
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... instance , as the Sargasso weed , or the bark of forest trees , or the sand and rock of desert wastes , or the sandy bottom of in - shore seas , many members , or even a great proportion of the whole fauna , reproduce the coloration ...
... instance , as the Sargasso weed , or the bark of forest trees , or the sand and rock of desert wastes , or the sandy bottom of in - shore seas , many members , or even a great proportion of the whole fauna , reproduce the coloration ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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