Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... environment where somewhat similar colours predominate is one the very opposite in most respects from the desert ... environment , namely , on land among grass and ground herbage generally , and in the sea among sea grass and green algæ ...
... environment where somewhat similar colours predominate is one the very opposite in most respects from the desert ... environment , namely , on land among grass and ground herbage generally , and in the sea among sea grass and green algæ ...
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... environment - a grass - stem , a leaf , a flake of bark , a piece of lichen , a twig , a stone , a flower , a hydroid polyp , or the excrement of a bird . Conversely , adaptive radiation in colour - examples of which are given under the ...
... environment - a grass - stem , a leaf , a flake of bark , a piece of lichen , a twig , a stone , a flower , a hydroid polyp , or the excrement of a bird . Conversely , adaptive radiation in colour - examples of which are given under the ...
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... environment , each has its own relation to the community of which it forms a part . IV . THAT ANIMALS DO NOT RESTRICT THEMSELVES TO THE BACKGROUNDS WHICH THEY RESEMBLE Most animals are active creatures , whose habits bring them into ...
... environment , each has its own relation to the community of which it forms a part . IV . THAT ANIMALS DO NOT RESTRICT THEMSELVES TO THE BACKGROUNDS WHICH THEY RESEMBLE Most animals are active creatures , whose habits bring them into ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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advertisement Africa antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude background bark bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern distasteful dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey ground group of animals habits head hind Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf legs Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic moths nature nest Nightjars observed optical Orthoptera patches pigment Plate Portuguese East Africa Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable resemblance rest seen shade shadows significant similar snakes species specimens spider spots Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various warning coloration widely wings yellow