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1 online resource |
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"This is a facsimile of the 1880 edition published by Macmillan, London"--Title page verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Alfred Russel Wallace is best known as the codiscoverer, with Charles Darwin, of natural selection, but he was also history's foremost tropical naturalist and the father of biogeography, the modern study of the geographical basis of biological diversity. Island Life has long been considered one of his most important works. In it he extends studies on the influence of the glacial epochs on organismal distribution patterns and the characteristics of island biogeography, a topic as vibrant and actively studied today as it was in 1880. The book includes history's first theory of contin. |
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Part I. The Dispersal of Organisms; Its Phenomena, Laws, and Cause; Chapter I. Introductory; Chapter II. The Elementary Facts of Distribution; Chapter III. Classification of the Facts of Distribution.-Zoological Regions; Chapter IV. Evolution the Key to Distribution; Chapter V. The Powers of Dispersal of Animals and Plants; Chapter VI. Geographical and Geological Changes: The Permanence of Continents; Chapter VII. Changes of Climate Which Have Influenced the Dispersal of Organisms: The Glacial Epoch; Chapter VIII. The Causes of Glacial Epoch. |
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Chapter IX. Ancient Glacial Epochs, and Mild Climates in the Arctic RegionsChapter X. The Earth's Age, and the Rate of Development of Animals and Plants; Part II. Insular Faunas and Floras; Chapter XI. The Classification of Islands; Chapter XII. Oceanic Islands :-The Azores and Bermuda The Azores, OB Western Islands; Chapter XIII. The Galapagos Islands; Chapter XIV. St. Helena; Chapter XV. The Sandwich Islands; Chapter XVI. Continental Islands of Recent Origin: Great Britain; Chapter XVII. Borneo and Java; Chapter XVIII. Japan and Formosa. |
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Chapter XIX. Ancient Continental Islands: The Madagascar GroupChapter XX. Anomalous Islands: Celebes; Chapter XXI. Anomalous Islands : New Zealand; Chapter XXII. The Flora of New Zealand: It's Affinities and Probable Origin; Chapter XXIII. On the Arctic Element in South Temperate Floras; Chapter XXIV. Summary and Conclusion. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription MasterFILE Reference Collection |
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Biogeography.
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Island ecology.
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Glacial epoch.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Biogeography. (OCoLC)fst00832095
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Glacial epoch. (OCoLC)fst00942963
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Island ecology. (OCoLC)fst00980097
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Evolutie. (NL-LeOCL)078501733
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Natuurlijke selectie. (NL-LeOCL)078600456
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Expedities. (NL-LeOCL)078502349
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Natuurlijke historie. (NL-LeOCL)078600367
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West-Maleisië. (NL-LeOCL)078582032
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Quammen, David, 1948- writer of added commentary.
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Heaney, Lawrence R., writer of added commentary.
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| Added Title |
Phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras |
| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. Island life, or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras. London : Macmillan, 1880 (OCoLC)1096364 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913. Island life, or, The phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013 9780226045030 (DLC) 2013003830 (OCoLC)817580289 |
| ISBN |
9780226045177 (electronic book) |
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022604517X (electronic book) |
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1299714919 (e-book) |
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9781299714915 (e-book) |
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9780226045030 |
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022604503X |
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