Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 149
... RESULT OF PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL CAUSES An argument upon which great stress is laid by certain critics , including Roosevelt and Selous , is that which attempts to explain concealing coloration as due to the direct effect of physical or ...
... RESULT OF PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL CAUSES An argument upon which great stress is laid by certain critics , including Roosevelt and Selous , is that which attempts to explain concealing coloration as due to the direct effect of physical or ...
Page 150
... result tends to be homochromatic with the fishes ' surroundings , and therefore adaptive . ( 2 ) The Argument Illustrated in Reference to Countershading - Again , Cunningham's experimental production of pigment on the lower side of ...
... result tends to be homochromatic with the fishes ' surroundings , and therefore adaptive . ( 2 ) The Argument Illustrated in Reference to Countershading - Again , Cunningham's experimental production of pigment on the lower side of ...
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... resulting from Synaposematic , or Common Warning Colours . In the first , the mimic lives on the unpalatable ... result of experimental attack . Müllerian resemblances involve no such limitations on the proportion between models ...
... resulting from Synaposematic , or Common Warning Colours . In the first , the mimic lives on the unpalatable ... result of experimental attack . Müllerian resemblances involve no such limitations on the proportion between models ...
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