Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... developed in Cephalopoda - the final goal of molluscan evolution ; in Crustacea , and exceptionally among insects ; and in the three lowest classes of vertebrates — fishes , amphibians , and reptiles . Among mam- mals and birds ...
... developed in Cephalopoda - the final goal of molluscan evolution ; in Crustacea , and exceptionally among insects ; and in the three lowest classes of vertebrates — fishes , amphibians , and reptiles . Among mam- mals and birds ...
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... developed and able to escape by running or diving , or by remaining unseen ; and where , therefore , they are liable to the attacks of innumerable foes from which the defenceless nidicolous type are relatively immune . If concealing ...
... developed and able to escape by running or diving , or by remaining unseen ; and where , therefore , they are liable to the attacks of innumerable foes from which the defenceless nidicolous type are relatively immune . If concealing ...
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... developed , so as to cover more or less of the basal part of the wing when folded , the flash coloration frequently extends on to the base of the anterior area also . Thus , in the Australian Podacanthus typhon the anterior margin of ...
... developed , so as to cover more or less of the basal part of the wing when folded , the flash coloration frequently extends on to the base of the anterior area also . Thus , in the Australian Podacanthus typhon the anterior margin of ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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