Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 141
... MOVEMENT I have referred elsewhere to the importance of stillness for concealment . Moving objects , however well camouflaged , tend at once to catch the eye . Stevenson - Hamilton , in his Animal Life in Africa , remarks that game are ...
... MOVEMENT I have referred elsewhere to the importance of stillness for concealment . Moving objects , however well camouflaged , tend at once to catch the eye . Stevenson - Hamilton , in his Animal Life in Africa , remarks that game are ...
Page 162
... movement . This extreme and illogical notion has been expressed or implied by a number of writers . For instance , Beddard stated categorically : ' Absence of movement is absolutely essential to protectively coloured animals ' ( 33 ) ...
... movement . This extreme and illogical notion has been expressed or implied by a number of writers . For instance , Beddard stated categorically : ' Absence of movement is absolutely essential to protectively coloured animals ' ( 33 ) ...
Page 376
... movement is done . What , then , is the function of these conspicuous parts , which flash out during movement and vanish again , like a conjurer's rabbit , when the creature alights ? It is gener- ally believed that these so - called ...
... movement is done . What , then , is the function of these conspicuous parts , which flash out during movement and vanish again , like a conjurer's rabbit , when the creature alights ? It is gener- ally believed that these so - called ...
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