Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... butterflies , well - marked differences often occur between wet and dry - season broods , involving modifications both of form and colour . Typically , the latter may be characterized by an elongated and bent apex to the fore wing , and ...
... butterflies , well - marked differences often occur between wet and dry - season broods , involving modifications both of form and colour . Typically , the latter may be characterized by an elongated and bent apex to the fore wing , and ...
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... butterflies ; from the bodies of spiders and grasshoppers , bugs and beetles , frogs and fishes . Accepting , as we must , the demonstrated fact that such round , target - like structures possess the maximum of visibility , their ...
... butterflies ; from the bodies of spiders and grasshoppers , bugs and beetles , frogs and fishes . Accepting , as we must , the demonstrated fact that such round , target - like structures possess the maximum of visibility , their ...
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... butterflies ; from the bodies of spiders and grasshoppers , bugs and beetles , frogs and fishes . Accepting , as we must , the demonstrated fact that such round , target - like structures possess the maximum of visibility , their ...
... butterflies ; from the bodies of spiders and grasshoppers , bugs and beetles , frogs and fishes . Accepting , as we must , the demonstrated fact that such round , target - like structures possess the maximum of visibility , their ...
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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