Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 185
... attention . Hence the vital need for stillness - an instinct which is part and parcel of the make - up of the Geometrid larv¿ under consideration . III . DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF PREDATORS IN THE FIELD ...
... attention . Hence the vital need for stillness - an instinct which is part and parcel of the make - up of the Geometrid larv¿ under consideration . III . DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF PREDATORS IN THE FIELD ...
Page 371
... attention . Gilbert White speaks of the way in which ' a partridge will tumble along before a sportsman in order to ... attention is directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies the attention is ...
... attention . Gilbert White speaks of the way in which ' a partridge will tumble along before a sportsman in order to ... attention is directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies the attention is ...
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... ATTENTION OF ENEMIES TO THE MOST DANGEROUS ATTRIBUTE OF THEIR PREY The markings to which I must now very briefly refer belong functionally to the important warning ( aposematic ) type which has already been discussed in detail . There ...
... ATTENTION OF ENEMIES TO THE MOST DANGEROUS ATTRIBUTE OF THEIR PREY The markings to which I must now very briefly refer belong functionally to the important warning ( aposematic ) type which has already been discussed in detail . There ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement Africa antenn¿ aposematic appearance attack attitude background bark bees beetles behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments fact feeding figs fishes frogs function geckos genus grasshoppers green grey groups of animals habits head Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct Journ larva larv¿ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards London mammals mantis markings mimetic mimicry mimics moths nature nest Nightjars observed optical Orthoptera Pará patches pigment Polychrus marmoratus Poulton predators prey principle Proc procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade shadow significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina toads tone tropical various visual warning coloration wings yellow Zool