Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 38
... PRODUCED BY BLENDED PATTERNS Countershading , as considered above , depends upon the employment of graded tones of colour . The view that certain patterns found on animals produce the same result when they have become blended with ...
... PRODUCED BY BLENDED PATTERNS Countershading , as considered above , depends upon the employment of graded tones of colour . The view that certain patterns found on animals produce the same result when they have become blended with ...
Page 317
... produced . Hugh B. Co ( 1 ) Actual Thinness Produced by Compression or Depression of the Body - Sometimes , of course , the quality is real , and is effected , as we have already seen , by extreme compression , as in the fishes ...
... produced . Hugh B. Co ( 1 ) Actual Thinness Produced by Compression or Depression of the Body - Sometimes , of course , the quality is real , and is effected , as we have already seen , by extreme compression , as in the fishes ...
Page 405
... produced - the posterior part of its thorax being represented by the blue anterior third of the beetle's elytra ; the abdomen with the superimposed wings by the brown middle zone ; the tips of the wings , which in the model project ...
... produced - the posterior part of its thorax being represented by the blue anterior third of the beetle's elytra ; the abdomen with the superimposed wings by the brown middle zone ; the tips of the wings , which in the model project ...
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