Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 134
... striking , and I have referred elsewhere to an example in the little leaf - like Bufo typhonius of tropical South America ( see p . 316 ) . So far as my own experience goes with insects , when studying or photographing them in the field ...
... striking , and I have referred elsewhere to an example in the little leaf - like Bufo typhonius of tropical South America ( see p . 316 ) . So far as my own experience goes with insects , when studying or photographing them in the field ...
Page 199
... striking manner in which their behaviour differs from that of active cryptic species such as Acrida sulphuripennis : the former courts observation and scarcely resists capture , the latter seeks concealment and is difficult to capture ...
... striking manner in which their behaviour differs from that of active cryptic species such as Acrida sulphuripennis : the former courts observation and scarcely resists capture , the latter seeks concealment and is difficult to capture ...
Page 297
... striking differences are observed . For example , in the case of Anura , in different genera taken under uniform conditions and in the same habitat , the food is found to differ markedly . For example , a comparison of the prey ...
... striking differences are observed . For example , in the case of Anura , in different genera taken under uniform conditions and in the same habitat , the food is found to differ markedly . For example , a comparison of the prey ...
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