Project Gutenberg 2014-02-09 Public domain in the USA. 217 Tylor, Alfred 1824 1884 Skertchly, Sydney B. J. (Sydney Barber Josiah) 1850 1927 Colouration in Animals and Plants 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) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44849/44849-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Animal behavior Animals -- Color Plants -- Color QH Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 365830 2025-08-18T08:13:46.354510 text/html 336452 2024-10-24T02:17:56 text/html 3389035 2025-08-18T08:13:57.858495 application/epub+zip 3393585 2025-08-18T08:13:49.559525 application/epub+zip 159570 2025-08-18T08:13:47.145512 application/epub+zip 2571215 2025-08-18T08:14:02.260455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2534956 2025-08-18T08:13:55.441473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236317 2022-09-20T13:15:46.803624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281916 2025-08-18T08:13:45.049095 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 261891 2024-10-24T02:17:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17480 2025-08-18T08:14:02.828436 application/rdf+xml 7067 2025-08-18T08:13:47.286530 image/jpeg 1755 2025-08-18T08:13:47.217532 image/jpeg 3513722 2025-08-18T08:13:46.504504 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia