Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... known to science by the inappropriate name of Urocentron azureum , whose colour had repeatedly been described in systematic literature as ' un beau bleu ' -doubtless owing to its appearance in spirit ( 107 ) . With birds , especially ...
... known to science by the inappropriate name of Urocentron azureum , whose colour had repeatedly been described in systematic literature as ' un beau bleu ' -doubtless owing to its appearance in spirit ( 107 ) . With birds , especially ...
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... known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as we shall see in the following section , may be both rapid and reversible . ( 1 ) Adjustable ...
... known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as we shall see in the following section , may be both rapid and reversible . ( 1 ) Adjustable ...
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... known to eat shelled molluscs such as Margaritifera which had been long pickled in formalin , in preference to fresh specimens of the Nudibranch Chromodoris ( 121 ) . The disagreeable properties of sea anemones have been referred to on ...
... known to eat shelled molluscs such as Margaritifera which had been long pickled in formalin , in preference to fresh specimens of the Nudibranch Chromodoris ( 121 ) . The disagreeable properties of sea anemones have been referred to on ...
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