Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 27
... background in from ten to twenty days , while they reassumed their white coloration on a white background after five or six days . IV . RAPID ADJUSTABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE : PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOUR- CHANGE The type of colour - change now ...
... background in from ten to twenty days , while they reassumed their white coloration on a white background after five or six days . IV . RAPID ADJUSTABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE : PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOUR- CHANGE The type of colour - change now ...
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... background , although in actual fact , back , background , and breast are all pure white . The only parts of the bird's surface which match the shade of the background are those which , like the background itself , are approximately ...
... background , although in actual fact , back , background , and breast are all pure white . The only parts of the bird's surface which match the shade of the background are those which , like the background itself , are approximately ...
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... background covered with exactly the same paint . Hence it is essential that such rounded objects be treated with paint properly graded in tone so as to counteract the effects of relief . Photographs recently published in the press of ...
... background covered with exactly the same paint . Hence it is essential that such rounded objects be treated with paint properly graded in tone so as to counteract the effects of relief . Photographs recently published in the press of ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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