Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... movements of electric signs displayed in almost any town . But moving advertisements are older than any of these towns where we see them displayed . This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs and ...
... movements of electric signs displayed in almost any town . But moving advertisements are older than any of these towns where we see them displayed . This same device has long been employed in nature - in deserts and savannahs and ...
Page 346
... movements of the insect ... though there is not much wind on the forest - floor , yet the leaves are not always quite still . They tremble , and the Mantid behaves so as to simu- late the trembling in a manner that was staggering by its ...
... movements of the insect ... though there is not much wind on the forest - floor , yet the leaves are not always quite still . They tremble , and the Mantid behaves so as to simu- late the trembling in a manner that was staggering by its ...
Page 347
... movements described in the last section are movements of a very special type - they are movements ( so to speak ) not of the animal , but of the plant which the animal so closely resembles . And as such they undoubtedly assist in the ...
... movements described in the last section are movements of a very special type - they are movements ( so to speak ) not of the animal , but of the plant which the animal so closely resembles . And as such they undoubtedly assist in the ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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advertisement Africa antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude background bark bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern distasteful dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey ground group of animals habits head hind Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf legs Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic moths nature nest Nightjars observed optical Orthoptera patches pigment Plate Portuguese East Africa Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable resemblance rest seen shade shadows significant similar snakes species specimens spider spots Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various warning coloration widely wings yellow