Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 185
... movements of the frog apparently acute . It darted after the amphibian for a distance of possibly eight feet , when ... movement of the frog attracted its attention , and it was instantly upon it , this time retaining its hold until the ...
... movements of the frog apparently acute . It darted after the amphibian for a distance of possibly eight feet , when ... movement of the frog attracted its attention , and it was instantly upon it , this time retaining its hold until the ...
Page 225
... movements of electric signs displayed in almost any town . But moving advertisements are older than any of these towns where we see them displayed . This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs and ...
... movements of electric signs displayed in almost any town . But moving advertisements are older than any of these towns where we see them displayed . This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs and ...
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... MOVEMENTS Adaptive attitudes and behaviour , of a kind appropriate to the animal's appearance and conditions of life , may indeed be said to form a fundamental factor in the phenomena of special cryptic resemblance . The subject , which ...
... MOVEMENTS Adaptive attitudes and behaviour , of a kind appropriate to the animal's appearance and conditions of life , may indeed be said to form a fundamental factor in the phenomena of special cryptic resemblance . The subject , which ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antenn¿ 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 larv¿ 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