Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... leaves of the Mangrove trees some small fishes , which looked so exactly like the leaves , that it was by no means easy to see which was a leaf and which a fish . The colour of the fish varies from yellow to dark brown , to suit the ...
... leaves of the Mangrove trees some small fishes , which looked so exactly like the leaves , that it was by no means easy to see which was a leaf and which a fish . The colour of the fish varies from yellow to dark brown , to suit the ...
Page 315
... leaf butterfly Kallima , and like the butterfly , the fish bears on its surface lines of pigment and spots like those found in decaying leaves . In these two genera , then , a similar appearance has been attained in a diametri- cally ...
... leaf butterfly Kallima , and like the butterfly , the fish bears on its surface lines of pigment and spots like those found in decaying leaves . In these two genera , then , a similar appearance has been attained in a diametri- cally ...
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... leaves more commonly imitated by various Tettigoniid species , and are extremely compressed in form and leaf - like in appearance . While yet an- other group , including such slender , attenuated forms as the South American Cephalocoma ...
... leaves more commonly imitated by various Tettigoniid species , and are extremely compressed in form and leaf - like in appearance . While yet an- other group , including such slender , attenuated forms as the South American Cephalocoma ...
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