Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 38
... tone from dark above to light beneath . As she crouches motionless in the field with her long ears pressed down ... tone . If in such a pattern the relative proportion of black to white be increased , or decreased , then the resulting ...
... tone from dark above to light beneath . As she crouches motionless in the field with her long ears pressed down ... tone . If in such a pattern the relative proportion of black to white be increased , or decreased , then the resulting ...
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... tone between the curtain and the rest of the visual field behind it — in this case , as presented by a black screen silhouetted against the brightly illuminated view outside . From what has been said , it follows that while a white ...
... tone between the curtain and the rest of the visual field behind it — in this case , as presented by a black screen silhouetted against the brightly illuminated view outside . From what has been said , it follows that while a white ...
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... tone , except at its edge . The passage from light to dark tones , and from warm to cold hues , is gradual , and delicately graded . Gentle gradations of tone , easy transitions of colour - these are characteristic of simple rounded ...
... tone , except at its edge . The passage from light to dark tones , and from warm to cold hues , is gradual , and delicately graded . Gentle gradations of tone , easy transitions of colour - these are characteristic of simple rounded ...
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