Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 220
... directed in rivalry against members of the same sex ; and as such they do not concern us here . Now it is very interesting to find that similar tail displays occur among other animals , such as snakes , where they are known to be used ...
... directed in rivalry against members of the same sex ; and as such they do not concern us here . Now it is very interesting to find that similar tail displays occur among other animals , such as snakes , where they are known to be used ...
Page 243
... directed towards them . Interested in this , they walked round the animal , pretending to take no notice of it , and on again looking round at it , the polecat was found to have turned over , so that once more the stripy back was directed ...
... directed towards them . Interested in this , they walked round the animal , pretending to take no notice of it , and on again looking round at it , the polecat was found to have turned over , so that once more the stripy back was directed ...
Page 428
... directed towards a seeing public : they are meant to attract the attention of potential enemies in the first case ; of prospective travellers in the second . When divorced from their proper environ- ment each becomes impotent and ...
... directed towards a seeing public : they are meant to attract the attention of potential enemies in the first case ; of prospective travellers in the second . When divorced from their proper environ- ment each becomes impotent and ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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