Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... WARNING SOUNDS VI WARNING SCENTS 213 224 225 228 I 3. ADVENTITIOUS WARNING COLORATION INTIMATE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CRUSTACEA AND APOSEMATIC ANIMALS II PERMANENT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SPIDER CRABS AND SEA ANEMONES PERMANENT ASSOCIATIONS ...
... WARNING SOUNDS VI WARNING SCENTS 213 224 225 228 I 3. ADVENTITIOUS WARNING COLORATION INTIMATE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CRUSTACEA AND APOSEMATIC ANIMALS II PERMANENT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SPIDER CRABS AND SEA ANEMONES PERMANENT ASSOCIATIONS ...
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... warning is always on view for any to see whom it may concern . Now in contrast to these permanent effects , members of many different groups of animals have independently adopted for purposes of warning , or bluf- fing , a more or less ...
... warning is always on view for any to see whom it may concern . Now in contrast to these permanent effects , members of many different groups of animals have independently adopted for purposes of warning , or bluf- fing , a more or less ...
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... warning to foes . Often both are used for a common purpose in the same animal — as when the rabbit , showing his ... warning language , which , like warning coloration , may be learned by predators in the stern school of experience ; and ...
... warning to foes . Often both are used for a common purpose in the same animal — as when the rabbit , showing his ... warning language , which , like warning coloration , may be learned by predators in the stern school of experience ; and ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antenn¿ 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 larv¿ 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