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GENERAL COLOUR RESEMBLANCE PAGE 5 6 II I GENERAL RESEMBLANCE
IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS II CONVERGENCE IN COLOUR
RESEMBLANCE : COMMON CRYPTIC COLORATION III ADAPTIVE RADIATION
IN COLOUR ...
GENERAL COLOUR RESEMBLANCE PAGE 5 6 II I GENERAL RESEMBLANCE
IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS II CONVERGENCE IN COLOUR
RESEMBLANCE : COMMON CRYPTIC COLORATION III ADAPTIVE RADIATION
IN COLOUR ...
Page 164
One of the major difficulties on the experimental side is that of establishing
evidence of colour discrimination as opposed to ... The same colour may have
widely different brightness values ; and conversely , different colours may have
the same ...
One of the major difficulties on the experimental side is that of establishing
evidence of colour discrimination as opposed to ... The same colour may have
widely different brightness values ; and conversely , different colours may have
the same ...
Page 165
However , insects do not as a rule respond to the same range of colours as
human beings . ... Thus Dr. Ilse has recently shown that the well - developed
colour - sense of the Peacock butterfly corresponds to that of the hive - bee ,
which fails to ...
However , insects do not as a rule respond to the same range of colours as
human beings . ... Thus Dr. Ilse has recently shown that the well - developed
colour - sense of the Peacock butterfly corresponds to that of the hive - bee ,
which fails to ...
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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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