Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... look , there appear problems , old and new , awaiting investigation . Much , then , remains to be done . For the research worker with patience , resolution , and imagination , the future is full of promise . Experimental embryologist ...
... look , there appear problems , old and new , awaiting investigation . Much , then , remains to be done . For the research worker with patience , resolution , and imagination , the future is full of promise . Experimental embryologist ...
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... look there in vain for the brilliant greens which beautify many tree - dwellers all the world over - parrots and woodpeckers , tree - frogs and tree - snakes , chameleons and iguanas , grasshoppers and mantids : he will look almost in ...
... look there in vain for the brilliant greens which beautify many tree - dwellers all the world over - parrots and woodpeckers , tree - frogs and tree - snakes , chameleons and iguanas , grasshoppers and mantids : he will look almost in ...
Page 336
... look like stems , twigs , or sticks of various descriptions : such forms may be green , or brown , or grey in colour ; broad and bark - like - as in Cotylosoma dipneusticum , of Fiji ; large - bodied and branch- like as in Cyphocrania ...
... look like stems , twigs , or sticks of various descriptions : such forms may be green , or brown , or grey in colour ; broad and bark - like - as in Cotylosoma dipneusticum , of Fiji ; large - bodied and branch- like as in Cyphocrania ...
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