Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 91
... bearing upon the concealment from relatively great altitudes of landing - grounds and aeroplane hangars . III . THE BEARING OF COINCIDENT DISRUPTIVE COLORATION ON THE THEORY OF CONCEALING COLORATION The arrangement of disruptive ...
... bearing upon the concealment from relatively great altitudes of landing - grounds and aeroplane hangars . III . THE BEARING OF COINCIDENT DISRUPTIVE COLORATION ON THE THEORY OF CONCEALING COLORATION The arrangement of disruptive ...
Page 174
... bearing directly on this subject . In view of the heated controversies which surround the theory , it is of the utmost importance that further data and information regarding the function and effectiveness in nature of these resemblances ...
... bearing directly on this subject . In view of the heated controversies which surround the theory , it is of the utmost importance that further data and information regarding the function and effectiveness in nature of these resemblances ...
Page 489
... bearing of , upon theory of concealing coloration , 91-93 , 152 ( see also Ap- pendages ; Eyes ) Collenette , C. L. , 186 Coloration of animals : relation to edibility , 271-274 , 290-304 ; relation to other adaptive phenomena , 152-155 ...
... bearing of , upon theory of concealing coloration , 91-93 , 152 ( see also Ap- pendages ; Eyes ) Collenette , C. L. , 186 Coloration of animals : relation to edibility , 271-274 , 290-304 ; relation to other adaptive phenomena , 152-155 ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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