Author: WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL
Title: Island Life: or, The phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras,including
Description: London : McMillan, 1911.. a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. Third (revised) edition from 1911 (first edition 1880) with author's monogram on front cover, XX +563 p. 26 (col.) maps and ills. Diagrams, index. Number (spine) and nice bookplate of University of South California. HARDCOVER: (Or. green cloth, gilt lettering, cloth shows light wear, especially on the hinge of the back cover, a few small) pencil notes, else VERY GOOD) ¶ Wallace (1823-1913), the co-founder of Wallace (1823-1913) is best known for coming to the conclusion independently of Charles Darwin that natural selection leads to the evolution of new species. Apart from the Preface to 3rd and 1st edition, he book consists of two parts. Part I -Dispersal of organisms, phenomena,laws,and causes.Introductory, Elementary facts of distribution, Classification-zoological regions, Evolution as the key to distribution, Powers of dispersion of animals and plants, Geographical and geological changes, Climat changes, Causes of glacial epochs, Arctic regions, Earth's age.Part II -Insular faunas and floras. Classification of islands, Oceanic islands Azores, Bermuda, Galapagos islands, St. Helena, Sandwich Islands, Continental, Borneo and Java, Japan and Formosa, Madagascar Group, Celebes, New Zealand, South temperate floras, Summary and conclusion.

Keywords: fauna and flora Natural history climate and geology Darwin Evolution Theory


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