Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 225
... movements of electric signs displayed in almost any town . But moving advertisements are older than any of these towns where we see them displayed . This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs and ...
... movements of electric signs displayed in almost any town . But moving advertisements are older than any of these towns where we see them displayed . This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs and ...
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... movements , or else advances with stealthy strides like a cat stalking a bird , pausing frequently , all the while regard- ing its prey with fixed attention ; the body is carried high , with the belly well raised from the ground ; every ...
... movements , or else advances with stealthy strides like a cat stalking a bird , pausing frequently , all the while regard- ing its prey with fixed attention ; the body is carried high , with the belly well raised from the ground ; every ...
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... movements of the insect . . . though there is not much wind on the forest - floor , yet the leaves are not always quite still . They tremble , and the Mantid behaves so as to simu- late the trembling in a manner that was staggering by ...
... movements of the insect . . . though there is not much wind on the forest - floor , yet the leaves are not always quite still . They tremble , and the Mantid behaves so as to simu- late the trembling in a manner that was staggering by ...
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 antenn¿ 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 larv¿ 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