Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... kind lying on top . Later they do not touch the other kind , even if it is lying above the glass plate . Such training would not be possible unless the hens could distinguish the various shapes . ' In the light of these and similar ...
... kind lying on top . Later they do not touch the other kind , even if it is lying above the glass plate . Such training would not be possible unless the hens could distinguish the various shapes . ' In the light of these and similar ...
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... kind are widespread throughout the animal kingdom , but here we can only mention a few before passing on to the next class of display phenomena . Among birds expansion displays as different as the species which exhibit them — are common ...
... kind are widespread throughout the animal kingdom , but here we can only mention a few before passing on to the next class of display phenomena . Among birds expansion displays as different as the species which exhibit them — are common ...
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... kind in Britain is afforded by an early larval stage of Acronycta alni . Another very interesting case has been recorded by Carpenter from Uganda ( 87 ) . On one leaf of a tree he found a company of young cater- pillars of the Bombycid ...
... kind in Britain is afforded by an early larval stage of Acronycta alni . Another very interesting case has been recorded by Carpenter from Uganda ( 87 ) . On one leaf of a tree he found a company of young cater- pillars of the Bombycid ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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