Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 77
... perfect development of this system of camouflage among various Orthoptera . In its simplest form , the principle is well shown by grasshoppers which bear on the back or sides a pattern of lighter and darker longitudinal stripes . For ...
... perfect development of this system of camouflage among various Orthoptera . In its simplest form , the principle is well shown by grasshoppers which bear on the back or sides a pattern of lighter and darker longitudinal stripes . For ...
Page 114
... perfect colour - harmony , more effective colour - adjustment and more specialized cryptic resemblances are both possible in theory and found in nature . Indeed , in general it is true to say that the most perfect examples of con ...
... perfect colour - harmony , more effective colour - adjustment and more specialized cryptic resemblances are both possible in theory and found in nature . Indeed , in general it is true to say that the most perfect examples of con ...
Page 346
... perfect as is generally the case in butterflies ; but the movements of the fish outweigh completely the lack of perfectness in shape and colour , and the combined result of shape , colour and habits of the fish is a very perfect dis ...
... perfect as is generally the case in butterflies ; but the movements of the fish outweigh completely the lack of perfectness in shape and colour , and the combined result of shape , colour and habits of the fish is a very perfect dis ...
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