Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... individuals tend to resemble closely the tint of the particular flower inhabited . For instance , Packard ( 452 ) found in Maine that in early summer , during June and July , when the greater mass of flowers such as White Fleabane and ...
... individuals tend to resemble closely the tint of the particular flower inhabited . For instance , Packard ( 452 ) found in Maine that in early summer , during June and July , when the greater mass of flowers such as White Fleabane and ...
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... individuals and by species . His method is to lump all the records together , so that the stomach contents of some 80,000 individuals belonging to over 500 species of birds scattered through the Nearctic region , and taken from every ...
... individuals and by species . His method is to lump all the records together , so that the stomach contents of some 80,000 individuals belonging to over 500 species of birds scattered through the Nearctic region , and taken from every ...
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... individuals of Mantis religiosa exposed against a revealing background - green on brown and brown on green- ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 individuals exposed against a harmonizing background - green on green and brown on brown ...
... individuals of Mantis religiosa exposed against a revealing background - green on brown and brown on green- ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 individuals exposed against a harmonizing background - green on green and brown on brown ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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