Habitat choice by melanistic and cryptically coloured morphs of the Adder, Vipera berus. Bolletino di Zoologia 61:213-216.Luiselli L., Capula M., Rugiero L., Anibaldi C , 1994 - Habitat choice by melanistic and cryptically coloured morphs of the adder, Vipera berus. Boll. Zool., 61: ...
Reason: Some species of insects and frogs are cryptically-coloured (camouflageed) to avoid being detected easily by the predator AIf both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the co...
Macroglossum is the dark coloured humming - bird moth that visits flowers on the hills and produces a char - The noctuid moths are extremely common and many of them have proved to be of great importance in agriculture , but the great majority of the species are small and cryptically colour...
Predation is a ubiquitous and strong selective pressure on living organisms. Transparency is a predation defence widespread in water but rare on land. Some Lepidoptera display transparent patches combined with already cryptic opaque patches. A recent study showed that transparency reduced detectability of...
Is there a different preference in the choice of background colour between melanistic and cryptically coloured morphs of the adder, Vipera berus. Italian Journal of Zoology 62:253-256.Capula M., Luiselli L., 1995 - Is there a different preference in the choice of background colour between ...