Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... objects , that many people are quite unable to accept what the eye gives them , but only what they have learned to expect it is giving them : they see only what they know . They have lost that power which artists by patient striving ...
... objects , that many people are quite unable to accept what the eye gives them , but only what they have learned to expect it is giving them : they see only what they know . They have lost that power which artists by patient striving ...
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... objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way that they appear to be more or less clearly segregated as separate patches or masses , differing from one another in colour , tone , shape , size , and texture ...
... objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way that they appear to be more or less clearly segregated as separate patches or masses , differing from one another in colour , tone , shape , size , and texture ...
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... OBJECTS DECEPTIVE resemblances fall into a number of fairly well - marked categories , depending upon the type of appearance produced , and upon the role reserved for it in the relations of animals to prey and to enemies . Many animals ...
... OBJECTS DECEPTIVE resemblances fall into a number of fairly well - marked categories , depending upon the type of appearance produced , and upon the role reserved for it in the relations of animals to prey and to enemies . Many animals ...
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