Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as we shall see in the following section , may be both rapid and reversible . ( 1 ) Adjustable ...
... known as Morphological Colour Changes , tend to be both slow and permanent in effect , in contrast to Physiological Colour Changes which , as we shall see in the following section , may be both rapid and reversible . ( 1 ) Adjustable ...
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... known to eat shelled molluscs such as Margaritifera which had been long pickled in formalin , in preference to fresh specimens of the Nudibranch Chromodoris ( 121 ) . The disagreeable properties of sea anemones have been referred to on ...
... known to eat shelled molluscs such as Margaritifera which had been long pickled in formalin , in preference to fresh specimens of the Nudibranch Chromodoris ( 121 ) . The disagreeable properties of sea anemones have been referred to on ...
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... known that ( as with birds and other groups ) different species of snakes exhibit preferences for different kinds of food , and that some are very specialized in their feeding habits . For instance , the habit of frog- eating is one ...
... known that ( as with birds and other groups ) different species of snakes exhibit preferences for different kinds of food , and that some are very specialized in their feeding habits . For instance , the habit of frog- eating is one ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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