Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... nature of green coloration . However , Mr. H. W. Parker , of the British Museum ( Natural History ) , informs me that green snakes react in alcohol in two different ways . Either they remain green ; or else they become blue . In the ...
... nature of green coloration . However , Mr. H. W. Parker , of the British Museum ( Natural History ) , informs me that green snakes react in alcohol in two different ways . Either they remain green ; or else they become blue . In the ...
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... natural conditions ; or by the examination of the pellets , fæces , and stomach - contents of wild animals . ( 1 ) Comparative Studies of Natural Groups - Of these methods , the first affords valuable evidence of an indirect nature . I ...
... natural conditions ; or by the examination of the pellets , fæces , and stomach - contents of wild animals . ( 1 ) Comparative Studies of Natural Groups - Of these methods , the first affords valuable evidence of an indirect nature . I ...
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... Natural History of the Racing - Crab Ocypoda cera- tophthalma , from Beira . Ibid . , pp . 755-65 , 1 Pl . , I fig . 1932. Protective Adaptations of Animals . Nature , 130 , pp . 962-3 . 1932. On the Ecology of Tree - Frogs in the Lower ...
... Natural History of the Racing - Crab Ocypoda cera- tophthalma , from Beira . Ibid . , pp . 755-65 , 1 Pl . , I fig . 1932. Protective Adaptations of Animals . Nature , 130 , pp . 962-3 . 1932. On the Ecology of Tree - Frogs in the Lower ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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