Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 65
... seen against broken surroundings , is essentially due to the special arrangement of darker and lighter tones in the body design . An irregularly shaped dark dorsal stripe is seen , at any rate in many specimens , to become distinctly ...
... seen against broken surroundings , is essentially due to the special arrangement of darker and lighter tones in the body design . An irregularly shaped dark dorsal stripe is seen , at any rate in many specimens , to become distinctly ...
Page 188
... seen in the earlier part of this work that the coloration , form , and habits of very many animals are such as to render them extremely inconspicuous and difficult to recognize in their natural surroundings ; we have seen further that ...
... seen in the earlier part of this work that the coloration , form , and habits of very many animals are such as to render them extremely inconspicuous and difficult to recognize in their natural surroundings ; we have seen further that ...
Page 328
... seen sunning itself on tree - stumps or logs , or running on the rough trunks of great trees , where its coloration har- monized wonderfully with lichen - encrusted bark . Its ground - colour varies from brown or olive to silvery - grey ...
... seen sunning itself on tree - stumps or logs , or running on the rough trunks of great trees , where its coloration har- monized wonderfully with lichen - encrusted bark . Its ground - colour varies from brown or olive to silvery - grey ...
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