Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 15
... Rock Pocket - mouse ( Perognathus intermedius ) , the Cactus Mouse ( Peromyscus eremicus ) , the White - throated Wood ... rocks ; and the authors point out that this correspondence cannot be the result of coincidence , nor can it be due ...
... Rock Pocket - mouse ( Perognathus intermedius ) , the Cactus Mouse ( Peromyscus eremicus ) , the White - throated Wood ... rocks ; and the authors point out that this correspondence cannot be the result of coincidence , nor can it be due ...
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... rock . On the neighbouring sandy plain this was replaced by a pale race ( A. d . coxi ) . Both exactly matched the colour of the soil on which they lived , and doubtless nested . Major Cheesman points out that : ' It cannot be contended ...
... rock . On the neighbouring sandy plain this was replaced by a pale race ( A. d . coxi ) . Both exactly matched the colour of the soil on which they lived , and doubtless nested . Major Cheesman points out that : ' It cannot be contended ...
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... rocks , where they creep about on the sea floor , or hide themselves in crannies . In such surroundings they are ... rock fragment . Instead , the fish is infested with a growth of living polyps of the hydroid Stylactis minoi . What is ...
... rocks , where they creep about on the sea floor , or hide themselves in crannies . In such surroundings they are ... rock fragment . Instead , the fish is infested with a growth of living polyps of the hydroid Stylactis minoi . What is ...
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