The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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Page 19
... period of isolation , during which the various forms of life have acted and reacted on each other , leading to such a complex yet harmoniously - balanced result as to defy the com- petition of the chance immigrants that from time to ...
... period of isolation , during which the various forms of life have acted and reacted on each other , leading to such a complex yet harmoniously - balanced result as to defy the com- petition of the chance immigrants that from time to ...
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... ancient lands , dating back to a period long anterior to the elevation of the Andean range ( which is by no means of great geological anti- quity ) and perhaps even to the elevation of the. 26 [ PART III ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
... ancient lands , dating back to a period long anterior to the elevation of the Andean range ( which is by no means of great geological anti- quity ) and perhaps even to the elevation of the. 26 [ PART III ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY .
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... period of the existence of the islands , would suffice to account for the present fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of flight ...
... period of the existence of the islands , would suffice to account for the present fauna . Insects have arrived much more frequently ; and this is in accordance with their habits , their lower specific gravity , their power of flight ...
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... period of vast and unknown duration in the class of insects ; while in the latter case , and perhaps also in many of the former , it seems more in accordance with the whole of the phenomena , to look upon most of the instances as ...
... period of vast and unknown duration in the class of insects ; while in the latter case , and perhaps also in many of the former , it seems more in accordance with the whole of the phenomena , to look upon most of the instances as ...
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... periods , they were separated by a wide arm of the sea . The low country of Nicaragua was probably the part submerged , leaving the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala still united with the North American continent , and forming part of ...
... periods , they were separated by a wide arm of the sea . The low country of Nicaragua was probably the part submerged , leaving the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala still united with the North American continent , and forming part of ...
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