Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... method of tabulation which , by itself , may give an entirely false notion of the proportions of different kinds of prey actually eaten . According to his method of treatment , a grouse which had inadvertently swallowed an ant when ...
... method of tabulation which , by itself , may give an entirely false notion of the proportions of different kinds of prey actually eaten . According to his method of treatment , a grouse which had inadvertently swallowed an ant when ...
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... method of investigating the food - preferences of predatory animals is one beset with difficulties , but these are not absent in any experimental work on animal behaviour : they are certainly not insuperable ; and this method has ...
... method of investigating the food - preferences of predatory animals is one beset with difficulties , but these are not absent in any experimental work on animal behaviour : they are certainly not insuperable ; and this method has ...
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... method of approaching , 415 Eltringham , H. , 436 Emu : cryptic coloration of young , 22 ; aboriginal method of hunting , 415 Enemy , sight of inducing cryptic attitude : in frogmouth , 120 ; in spotted sand- piper , 135 ; in ' poor ...
... method of approaching , 415 Eltringham , H. , 436 Emu : cryptic coloration of young , 22 ; aboriginal method of hunting , 415 Enemy , sight of inducing cryptic attitude : in frogmouth , 120 ; in spotted sand- piper , 135 ; in ' poor ...
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