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Page 134
The same thing applies again and again in group after group of animals . With
frogs and toads it is most striking , and I have referred elsewhere to an example
in the little leaf - like Bufo typhonius of tropical South America ( see p . 316 ) .
The same thing applies again and again in group after group of animals . With
frogs and toads it is most striking , and I have referred elsewhere to an example
in the little leaf - like Bufo typhonius of tropical South America ( see p . 316 ) .
Page 199
... combined with apparent indifference to enemies , is another characteristic of
these animals . Every one who has seen aposematic grasshoppers such as the
South African Phymateus viridipes in the field appreciates the striking manner in
...
... combined with apparent indifference to enemies , is another characteristic of
these animals . Every one who has seen aposematic grasshoppers such as the
South African Phymateus viridipes in the field appreciates the striking manner in
...
Page 297
Actually , striking differences are observed . For example , in the case of Anura ,
in different genera taken under uniform conditions and in the same habitat , the
food is found to differ markedly . For example , a comparison of the prey
recovered ...
Actually , striking differences are observed . For example , in the case of Anura ,
in different genera taken under uniform conditions and in the same habitat , the
food is found to differ markedly . For example , a comparison of the prey
recovered ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Contributor | Julian Sorell Huxley |
| Publisher | Methuen & Company, Limited, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 veeb. 2009 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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