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Concealing Coloration in Animals

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$29.95 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674052352

Publication Date: 04/09/2013

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288 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

52 color illustrations

Belknap Press

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  • Preface
  • I. Concealment
    • 1. Disappearing Acts
    • 2. Mistaken Identity
    • 3. Pepper and Smoke
    • 4. Obscured by Patterns
  • II. Perception
    • 5. Colors in the Mind
    • 6. The Beholder’s Eye
  • III. Isolation
    • 7. Desert Islands
    • 8. Flowing Genes
  • IV. Detection
    • 9. Telltale Signs
    • 10. Psychology of Search
    • 11. Distinctively Different
    • 12. Limits to Invisibility
  • Guide to Common and Scientific Names
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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