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... point to definite selection of a particular site . The above facts acquire
additional significance when they are considered in relation to the known
selection by cuckoos of particular foster parents , whose eggs are similar in
colour to their own .
... point to definite selection of a particular site . The above facts acquire
additional significance when they are considered in relation to the known
selection by cuckoos of particular foster parents , whose eggs are similar in
colour to their own .
Page 232
( 1 ) Considered from the aspects of physical optics , and the physiology of colour
vision , the brilliant pigments ( black , white , red , orange , yellow ) and bold
patterns ( spots , ocelli , rings , bars , stripes ) generally worn by aposematic
animals ...
( 1 ) Considered from the aspects of physical optics , and the physiology of colour
vision , the brilliant pigments ( black , white , red , orange , yellow ) and bold
patterns ( spots , ocelli , rings , bars , stripes ) generally worn by aposematic
animals ...
Page 443
On the Ecology of Tree - Frogs in the Lower Zambesi Valley , with special
reference to Predatory Habits considered in relation to the ' Theory of Warna ing
Colours and Mimicry . Proc . Zool . Soc . London , pp . 471 541 , Ple , 7 figs . 1934
.
On the Ecology of Tree - Frogs in the Lower Zambesi Valley , with special
reference to Predatory Habits considered in relation to the ' Theory of Warna ing
Colours and Mimicry . Proc . Zool . Soc . London , pp . 471 541 , Ple , 7 figs . 1934
.
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
DISRUPTIVE COLORATION | 47 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 mai 2006 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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