Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 38
... effect which is in this case enhanced by the white markings on the flanks . These resemble , or at any rate suggest , flecks of sunlight , and , as it were , carry the eye of the observer through the optically flattened surface of the ...
... effect which is in this case enhanced by the white markings on the flanks . These resemble , or at any rate suggest , flecks of sunlight , and , as it were , carry the eye of the observer through the optically flattened surface of the ...
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... effect thus produced is not less remarkable for the fact that , unlike that of the zebra , it is a temporary manifestation of the complex chromatophoral mechanism . We may here note in passing the very interesting fact - which will be ...
... effect thus produced is not less remarkable for the fact that , unlike that of the zebra , it is a temporary manifestation of the complex chromatophoral mechanism . We may here note in passing the very interesting fact - which will be ...
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... effect of their own plumage . Such eggs are typically coloured some shade of buff , greenish - olive , or yellowish - brown , variously broken with darker tones . But what I wish to emphasize here is the optical principle — and its ...
... effect of their own plumage . Such eggs are typically coloured some shade of buff , greenish - olive , or yellowish - brown , variously broken with darker tones . But what I wish to emphasize here is the optical principle — and its ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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