Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... PREY 370 372 IV CHARACTERS WHICH MISDIRECT THE ATTACK OF ENEMIES BY MISREPRE- SENTING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR PREY 374 5. DIRECTIVE MARKS I CHARACTERS WHICH DIVERT THE ATTENTION OF PREY FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THEIR ENEMY II ...
... PREY 370 372 IV CHARACTERS WHICH MISDIRECT THE ATTACK OF ENEMIES BY MISREPRE- SENTING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR PREY 374 5. DIRECTIVE MARKS I CHARACTERS WHICH DIVERT THE ATTENTION OF PREY FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THEIR ENEMY II ...
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... prey , they can- not combine cryptic coloration with immobility . To the one , stillness may mean safety to the other , it must mean starvation . Hence it is hardly surprising to find that with wild predators , elaborate precautions are ...
... prey , they can- not combine cryptic coloration with immobility . To the one , stillness may mean safety to the other , it must mean starvation . Hence it is hardly surprising to find that with wild predators , elaborate precautions are ...
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... Prey of Tree - frogs , in Reference to Insect Coloration and Edibility - The same general avoidance of highly ... prey eaten . TABLE VI Number of Food- Orthop- | Hemip- animals recovered tera tera tera Coleop- Diptera Hymen- Araneæ Total ...
... Prey of Tree - frogs , in Reference to Insect Coloration and Edibility - The same general avoidance of highly ... prey eaten . TABLE VI Number of Food- Orthop- | Hemip- animals recovered tera tera tera Coleop- Diptera Hymen- Araneæ Total ...
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