Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... toads ( excluding I which died ) in a total of 714 trials , which together extended over more than forty hours ; ( 2 ) the toads were divided for experimental purposes into five groups , with each of which the experiments were started ...
... toads ( excluding I which died ) in a total of 714 trials , which together extended over more than forty hours ; ( 2 ) the toads were divided for experimental purposes into five groups , with each of which the experiments were started ...
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... toads ate a total of 444 mealworms ( see text figure 57 ) . ( 4 ) Permanency of the Association - With the object of testing the memory of toads which had previously learned to avoid bees , a second series of trials ( referred to as ...
... toads ate a total of 444 mealworms ( see text figure 57 ) . ( 4 ) Permanency of the Association - With the object of testing the memory of toads which had previously learned to avoid bees , a second series of trials ( referred to as ...
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... toads altogether refusing bees throughout the respective experiments rises from 2 in Experiment I to 9 in Experiment ... toads undergoing memory test in the course of Experiments I and II been eaten for fourteen days , so that the toad's ...
... toads altogether refusing bees throughout the respective experiments rises from 2 in Experiment I to 9 in Experiment ... toads undergoing memory test in the course of Experiments I and II been eaten for fourteen days , so that the toad's ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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