Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... field , it will therefore be helpful first to enquire what are the optical principles upon which recognition by sight depends . How is it that we are able to isolate and recognize any single object from the surroundings which form its ...
... field , it will therefore be helpful first to enquire what are the optical principles upon which recognition by sight depends . How is it that we are able to isolate and recognize any single object from the surroundings which form its ...
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... Field Observations on Feeding Habits - The second method , that of direct field observations on the food and feeding behaviour of wild animals , is one of prime importance . Evidence from this source , together with that based upon ...
... Field Observations on Feeding Habits - The second method , that of direct field observations on the food and feeding behaviour of wild animals , is one of prime importance . Evidence from this source , together with that based upon ...
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... field , this end has been achieved by arrangements of pigment and pattern which , for optical reasons , are those best adapted to deal with the visual properties of matter . In other words , we find such animals have their colour ...
... field , this end has been achieved by arrangements of pigment and pattern which , for optical reasons , are those best adapted to deal with the visual properties of matter . In other words , we find such animals have their colour ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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