Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page ix
... changes in a limited period . The discussion on the nature and origin of the colours of animals and plants , is intended to show how far and in what way these are dependent on the climate and physical conditions of the tropics . The ...
... changes in a limited period . The discussion on the nature and origin of the colours of animals and plants , is intended to show how far and in what way these are dependent on the climate and physical conditions of the tropics . The ...
Page xii
... Changes of Colour in Animals produced by Coloured Light— Classification of Organic Colours - Protective Colours - Warning Colours -Sexual Colours - Typical Colours - The Nature of Colour - How Animal Colours are Produced - Colour a ...
... Changes of Colour in Animals produced by Coloured Light— Classification of Organic Colours - Protective Colours - Warning Colours -Sexual Colours - Typical Colours - The Nature of Colour - How Animal Colours are Produced - Colour a ...
Page xiii
... CHANGES . Old Opinions on Continental Changes - Theory of Oceanic Islands - Present and Past Distribution of Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the ...
... CHANGES . Old Opinions on Continental Changes - Theory of Oceanic Islands - Present and Past Distribution of Land and Sea - Zoological Regions - The Pala- arctic Region - The Ethiopian Region - The Oriental Region - Past changes of the ...
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... changes in the development of vegetable and animal life , the monotony of nature would be extreme . In the present ... change of climate or physical conditions , such as characterise 2 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... changes in the development of vegetable and animal life , the monotony of nature would be extreme . In the present ... change of climate or physical conditions , such as characterise 2 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
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... constantly recurring phenomena which represent to us the estab lished course of nature . At the equator none of these changes occur ; there is a perpetual equinox and ۶۰ B a perpetual summer , and were it not for variations.
... constantly recurring phenomena which represent to us the estab lished course of nature . At the equator none of these changes occur ; there is a perpetual equinox and ۶۰ B a perpetual summer , and were it not for variations.
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