Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... night- or theatrical - photography , and which allows the maximum amount of light to reach the retina , or plate . ( 2 ) In each they are adapted anatomically , in having their axes directed forwards ( as in man ) , rather than outwards ...
... night- or theatrical - photography , and which allows the maximum amount of light to reach the retina , or plate . ( 2 ) In each they are adapted anatomically , in having their axes directed forwards ( as in man ) , rather than outwards ...
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... night of the abyss , and others again which observation has shown to have no such function . For instance , Longley has clearly demonstrated that among the Tortugas Reef fishes , the five truly red species - Holocentrus siccifer , H ...
... night of the abyss , and others again which observation has shown to have no such function . For instance , Longley has clearly demonstrated that among the Tortugas Reef fishes , the five truly red species - Holocentrus siccifer , H ...
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... Night - scented Stock , and Honey - suckle smell sweetest and strongest at night when the moths which pollinate them are on the wing . On the other hand , stinking aposematic mammals and insects in general conserve their diabolical ...
... Night - scented Stock , and Honey - suckle smell sweetest and strongest at night when the moths which pollinate them are on the wing . On the other hand , stinking aposematic mammals and insects in general conserve their diabolical ...
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