Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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... taken respectively on panchromatic and on infra - red plates , the results in certain cases are most illuminating - those forms which absorb infra - red rays becoming in the latter case strongly differentiated from their environment ...
... taken respectively on panchromatic and on infra - red plates , the results in certain cases are most illuminating - those forms which absorb infra - red rays becoming in the latter case strongly differentiated from their environment ...
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... taken by Bacot , Carpenter and Swynnerton on areas recently blackened by fire , and including a cockroach , a mantis , a cricket , many species of Acridiid grasshoppers , a Penta- tomid bug , and a Noctuid larva , all showed more or ...
... taken by Bacot , Carpenter and Swynnerton on areas recently blackened by fire , and including a cockroach , a mantis , a cricket , many species of Acridiid grasshoppers , a Penta- tomid bug , and a Noctuid larva , all showed more or ...
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... taken from a muddy bottom are mainly greyish - brown , usually without white spots , though these become numerous in specimens kept on whitish pebbly bottoms ( 255 ) . Such adjustments of coloration coinciding with the tone , or colour ...
... taken from a muddy bottom are mainly greyish - brown , usually without white spots , though these become numerous in specimens kept on whitish pebbly bottoms ( 255 ) . Such adjustments of coloration coinciding with the tone , or colour ...
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