Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... MIMICRY 413 8. BREEDING PARASITISM AND MIMICRY IN CUCKOOS I CUCULUS CANORUS : THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARASITE AND FOSTERER II THE FACTORS UPON WHICH EGG - MIMICRY DEPENDS 417 418 420 IV THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CUCKOO - MIMICRY AND INSECT - ...
... MIMICRY 413 8. BREEDING PARASITISM AND MIMICRY IN CUCKOOS I CUCULUS CANORUS : THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARASITE AND FOSTERER II THE FACTORS UPON WHICH EGG - MIMICRY DEPENDS 417 418 420 IV THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CUCKOO - MIMICRY AND INSECT - ...
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... mimicry are in no sense isolated or peculiar . On the contrary , they fall into place with , and form part of , that vast body of facts which embraces the whole sphere of adaptive appearance — whether exhibited in the guise of ...
... mimicry are in no sense isolated or peculiar . On the contrary , they fall into place with , and form part of , that vast body of facts which embraces the whole sphere of adaptive appearance — whether exhibited in the guise of ...
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... Mimicry , with special reference to the Islands of Bourbon , Mauritius , and Ceylon . Proc . Zool . Soc . London , pp . 696–749 . 1912. The Study of Mimicry ( Batesian and Müllerian ) by Temperature Experiments on two Tropical ...
... Mimicry , with special reference to the Islands of Bourbon , Mauritius , and Ceylon . Proc . Zool . Soc . London , pp . 696–749 . 1912. The Study of Mimicry ( Batesian and Müllerian ) by Temperature Experiments on two Tropical ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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