Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 96
... device is reproduced among grasshoppers like Edipoda miniata , and bugs like Fulgora spinola , where the membranous hind wings likewise exhibit flash coloration during flight . Moreover , a similar optical effect is seen in the ...
... device is reproduced among grasshoppers like Edipoda miniata , and bugs like Fulgora spinola , where the membranous hind wings likewise exhibit flash coloration during flight . Moreover , a similar optical effect is seen in the ...
Page 145
... devices is a modification of the front margin of wing feathers which function as a true leading edge in flight . It ... device has either never arisen , or has been secondarily lost . Similarly , the domestic cat , like its larger ...
... devices is a modification of the front margin of wing feathers which function as a true leading edge in flight . It ... device has either never arisen , or has been secondarily lost . Similarly , the domestic cat , like its larger ...
Page 355
... device consists of clusters of packets of dead insects rolled in silk sheeting ; Azilia , from British Guiana , is darker in colour and makes its somewhat similar blending device of bits of bark and lichen cut from a tree whose brown ...
... device consists of clusters of packets of dead insects rolled in silk sheeting ; Azilia , from British Guiana , is darker in colour and makes its somewhat similar blending device of bits of bark and lichen cut from a tree whose brown ...
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 antennæ 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 larvæ 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