Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as we shall see in the following section , may be both rapid and reversible . ( 1 ) Adjustable ...
... known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as we shall see in the following section , may be both rapid and reversible . ( 1 ) Adjustable ...
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... known to eat shelled molluscs such as Margaritifera which had been long pickled in formalin , in preference to fresh specimens of the Nudibranch Chromodoris ( 121 ) . The disagreeable properties of sea anemones have been referred to on ...
... known to eat shelled molluscs such as Margaritifera which had been long pickled in formalin , in preference to fresh specimens of the Nudibranch Chromodoris ( 121 ) . The disagreeable properties of sea anemones have been referred to on ...
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... known that ( as with birds and other groups ) different species of snakes exhibit preferences for different kinds of food , and that some are very specialized in their feeding habits . For instance , the habit of frog- eating is one ...
... known that ( as with birds and other groups ) different species of snakes exhibit preferences for different kinds of food , and that some are very specialized in their feeding habits . For instance , the habit of frog- eating is one ...
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