Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... markings or sets of markings accurately coincides with and continues the pattern of an adjacent segment . Such an arrangement is illustrated in Fig . 21 . What is the effect of this coincidence ? We have already seen that the dis ...
... markings or sets of markings accurately coincides with and continues the pattern of an adjacent segment . Such an arrangement is illustrated in Fig . 21 . What is the effect of this coincidence ? We have already seen that the dis ...
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... markings bearing to one another a relation somewhat like those on the fixed and movable scales of a vernier . It is obviously impossible to relate both sets to a common series of underlying segments . If the markings of a Tiger are due ...
... markings bearing to one another a relation somewhat like those on the fixed and movable scales of a vernier . It is obviously impossible to relate both sets to a common series of underlying segments . If the markings of a Tiger are due ...
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... Markings , and Protective Attitudes of certain Lepidopterous Larvæ and Pupæ , and of a Phyto- phagous Hymenopterous larva . Trans . Ent . Soc . London , pp . 27-60 , 1 Pl . 1885. The Essential Nature of the Colouring of Phytophagous ...
... Markings , and Protective Attitudes of certain Lepidopterous Larvæ and Pupæ , and of a Phyto- phagous Hymenopterous larva . Trans . Ent . Soc . London , pp . 27-60 , 1 Pl . 1885. The Essential Nature of the Colouring of Phytophagous ...
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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