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, 1. köideHarper and brothers, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page xvii
... Climate as a Limit to the Range of Mammals ( p . 11 ) --- Valleys and Rivers as Barriers to Mammals ( p . 12 ) -Arms of the Sea as Barriers to Mammals ( p . 13 ) -Ice - floes and drift - wood as aiding the Dispersal of Mammals ( p . 14 ) ...
... Climate as a Limit to the Range of Mammals ( p . 11 ) --- Valleys and Rivers as Barriers to Mammals ( p . 12 ) -Arms of the Sea as Barriers to Mammals ( p . 13 ) -Ice - floes and drift - wood as aiding the Dispersal of Mammals ( p . 14 ) ...
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... climate and vegetation , the differences in the forms of animal life will become greater ; till at length we shall come to a country where almost everything will be new , all the familiar creatures of our own district being replaced by ...
... climate and vegetation , the differences in the forms of animal life will become greater ; till at length we shall come to a country where almost everything will be new , all the familiar creatures of our own district being replaced by ...
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... climate and all physical features may yet have very distinct animal populations . The equatorial parts of Africa and South America , for example , are very similar in climate and are both covered with luxuriant forests , yet their ...
... climate and all physical features may yet have very distinct animal populations . The equatorial parts of Africa and South America , for example , are very similar in climate and are both covered with luxuriant forests , yet their ...
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... climate and vegetation , yet the former has racoons , opossums , and humming- birds ; while the latter possesses moles , hedgehogs and true fly- catchers . Equally striking are the facts presented by the distribution of many large and ...
... climate and vegetation , yet the former has racoons , opossums , and humming- birds ; while the latter possesses moles , hedgehogs and true fly- catchers . Equally striking are the facts presented by the distribution of many large and ...
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... climate , or of vegetation ; since it is evident that an animal which is well adapted to one condition of things will require to be slightly changed in con- stitution or habits , and therefore generally in form , structure , or colour ...
... climate , or of vegetation ; since it is evident that an animal which is well adapted to one condition of things will require to be slightly changed in con- stitution or habits , and therefore generally in form , structure , or colour ...
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