Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 149
... animals may be due to the direct influence of the medium in which the animals live ( 417 ) ; that the assumption of a white winter dress by Arctic animals is a seasonal response to cold ( 406 ) ; that the light colora- tion of desert ...
... animals may be due to the direct influence of the medium in which the animals live ( 417 ) ; that the assumption of a white winter dress by Arctic animals is a seasonal response to cold ( 406 ) ; that the light colora- tion of desert ...
Page 154
... animals which are not thus protected ' . This type of statement might , of course , be applied to any characteristic of animal life , such as the death - feigning instinct , or the possession of poison . If employed as an argument ...
... animals which are not thus protected ' . This type of statement might , of course , be applied to any characteristic of animal life , such as the death - feigning instinct , or the possession of poison . If employed as an argument ...
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... animals with distasteful or dangerous qualities , and , as such , with the function of warning . But there are many red animals , like certain deep - sea fishes and crustacea , whose colour cannot have any such function in the eternal ...
... animals with distasteful or dangerous qualities , and , as such , with the function of warning . But there are many red animals , like certain deep - sea fishes and crustacea , whose colour cannot have any such function in the eternal ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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advertisement Africa antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude background bark bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern distasteful dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey ground group of animals habits head hind Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf legs Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic moths nature nest Nightjars observed optical Orthoptera patches pigment Plate Portuguese East Africa Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable resemblance rest seen shade shadows significant similar snakes species specimens spider spots Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various warning coloration widely wings yellow