This edition had all images removed.
Title: Colouration in Animals and Plants
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow, Nicole Henn-Kneif, Tom Cosmas
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Colouration in Animals and Plants" by Alfred Tylor is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the principles and laws governing the colors found in various organisms, examining how coloration serves multiple functions such as protection, mimicry, and sexual attraction. The author aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how color patterns are formed and maintained in the natural world. The opening of this work introduces the fundamental ideas behind the relations of color and function in both animals and plants. Tylor discusses how decoration in organisms often reflects their structure and role in the ecosystem, using examples like protective coloration and warning signals. He also presents a framework for understanding how evolutionary principles affect the development of color patterns and how these patterns can be seen as adaptations to their environment, providing a basis for further exploration throughout the text. The initial chapters serve as a foundation for deeper investigation into the specific mechanisms and rules that dictate color variation across different species. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Author: Tylor, Alfred, 1824-1884
Editor: Skertchly, Sydney B. J. (Sydney Barber Josiah), 1850-1927
EBook No.: 44849
Published: Feb 9, 2014
Downloads: 216
Language: English
Subject: Animal behavior
Subject: Animals -- Color
Subject: Plants -- Color
LoCC: Science: Natural history
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Colouration in Animals and Plants
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow, Nicole Henn-Kneif, Tom Cosmas
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Colouration in Animals and Plants" by Alfred Tylor is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the principles and laws governing the colors found in various organisms, examining how coloration serves multiple functions such as protection, mimicry, and sexual attraction. The author aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how color patterns are formed and maintained in the natural world. The opening of this work introduces the fundamental ideas behind the relations of color and function in both animals and plants. Tylor discusses how decoration in organisms often reflects their structure and role in the ecosystem, using examples like protective coloration and warning signals. He also presents a framework for understanding how evolutionary principles affect the development of color patterns and how these patterns can be seen as adaptations to their environment, providing a basis for further exploration throughout the text. The initial chapters serve as a foundation for deeper investigation into the specific mechanisms and rules that dictate color variation across different species. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Author: Tylor, Alfred, 1824-1884
Editor: Skertchly, Sydney B. J. (Sydney Barber Josiah), 1850-1927
EBook No.: 44849
Published: Feb 9, 2014
Downloads: 216
Language: English
Subject: Animal behavior
Subject: Animals -- Color
Subject: Plants -- Color
LoCC: Science: Natural history
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.