Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 55
... objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way that they appear to be more or less clearly segregated as separate patches or masses , differing from one another in colour , tone , shape , size , and texture ...
... objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way that they appear to be more or less clearly segregated as separate patches or masses , differing from one another in colour , tone , shape , size , and texture ...
Page 311
... OBJECTS DECEPTIVE resemblances fall into a number of fairly well - marked categories , depending upon the type of appearance produced , and upon the role reserved for it in the relations of animals to prey and to enemies . Many animals ...
... OBJECTS DECEPTIVE resemblances fall into a number of fairly well - marked categories , depending upon the type of appearance produced , and upon the role reserved for it in the relations of animals to prey and to enemies . Many animals ...
Page 337
... objects which are inedible to an insect's enemies , or innocuous to its prey . Similar phenomena might be traced in many other orders and families - for instance , the protective resemblances of Flatid bugs to bark , blossoms , or ...
... objects which are inedible to an insect's enemies , or innocuous to its prey . Similar phenomena might be traced in many other orders and families - for instance , the protective resemblances of Flatid bugs to bark , blossoms , or ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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