Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 168
... predators , such as various Frogs and Toads , Woodpeckers and Ant - thrushes , Pangolins and Tamanduas , and from occasional attacks by many other animals , it does not follow that as a group they are not well protected from a wide ...
... predators , such as various Frogs and Toads , Woodpeckers and Ant - thrushes , Pangolins and Tamanduas , and from occasional attacks by many other animals , it does not follow that as a group they are not well protected from a wide ...
Page 179
... Predators and Moths - Further evidence of selective elimination by wild predators of the more conspicuous members of a species is afforded by Harrison's studies of the moth Oporabia autumnata , on Eston Moor , Yorkshire ( 230 ) . Early ...
... Predators and Moths - Further evidence of selective elimination by wild predators of the more conspicuous members of a species is afforded by Harrison's studies of the moth Oporabia autumnata , on Eston Moor , Yorkshire ( 230 ) . Early ...
Page 435
... predators which hunt by sight . It is only neces- sary to recall here the work of Poulton and Sanders ( 526 ) , di Cesnola ( 91 ) , Young ( 681 ) , Sumner ( 599 , 600 , 601 ) , Carrick ( 88 ) , and Isely ( 283 ) , not to mention mis ...
... predators which hunt by sight . It is only neces- sary to recall here the work of Poulton and Sanders ( 526 ) , di Cesnola ( 91 ) , Young ( 681 ) , Sumner ( 599 , 600 , 601 ) , Carrick ( 88 ) , and Isely ( 283 ) , not to mention mis ...
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