Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... PREY 370 372 IV CHARACTERS WHICH MISDIRECT THE ATTACK OF ENEMIES BY MISREPRE- SENTING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR PREY 374 5. DIRECTIVE MARKS I CHARACTERS WHICH DIVERT THE ATTENTION OF PREY FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THEIR ENEMY 382 ...
... PREY 370 372 IV CHARACTERS WHICH MISDIRECT THE ATTACK OF ENEMIES BY MISREPRE- SENTING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR PREY 374 5. DIRECTIVE MARKS I CHARACTERS WHICH DIVERT THE ATTENTION OF PREY FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THEIR ENEMY 382 ...
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... prey ; its power of discrimination , and memory . Conversely , of the prey we desire information as to the times of feeding and resting ; the attitudes and habits when at rest , and when alarmed ; its relative conspicuousness throughout ...
... prey ; its power of discrimination , and memory . Conversely , of the prey we desire information as to the times of feeding and resting ; the attitudes and habits when at rest , and when alarmed ; its relative conspicuousness throughout ...
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... prey , they can- not combine cryptic coloration with immobility . To the one , stillness may mean safety to the other , it must mean starvation . Hence it is hardly surprising to find that with wild predators , elaborate precautions are ...
... prey , they can- not combine cryptic coloration with immobility . To the one , stillness may mean safety to the other , it must mean starvation . Hence it is hardly surprising to find that with wild predators , elaborate precautions are ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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