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 vii
... recent modifica- tions of form , due to a variety of often unknown causes , and are therefore not so clearly connected with geographical changes as are the natural groups of species termed genera ; which may be considered to represent ...
... recent modifica- tions of form , due to a variety of often unknown causes , and are therefore not so clearly connected with geographical changes as are the natural groups of species termed genera ; which may be considered to represent ...
Page ix
... recent extension of our knowledge of the depths of the great oceans , I determined to give upon map a summary of our knowledge of the contours of the ocean bed , by means of tints of colour increasing in intensity with the depth . Such ...
... recent extension of our knowledge of the depths of the great oceans , I determined to give upon map a summary of our knowledge of the contours of the ocean bed , by means of tints of colour increasing in intensity with the depth . Such ...
Page xvii
... Recent Changes in the Con- tinental Areas ( p . 38 ) -The Glacial Epoch as affecting the Distribution of Animals ( p . 40 ) -Changes of Vegetation as affecting the Distribution of Ani- mals ( p . 43 ) -Organic Changes as affecting ...
... Recent Changes in the Con- tinental Areas ( p . 38 ) -The Glacial Epoch as affecting the Distribution of Animals ( p . 40 ) -Changes of Vegetation as affecting the Distribution of Ani- mals ( p . 43 ) -Organic Changes as affecting ...
Page xxi
... recent Geo- graphical Changes in the Indo - Malay Islands ( p . 357 ) -Probable Origin of the Malayan Fauna ( p . 359 ) -Concluding Remarks on the Oriental Region ( p . 362 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Oriental Region ...
... recent Geo- graphical Changes in the Indo - Malay Islands ( p . 357 ) -Probable Origin of the Malayan Fauna ( p . 359 ) -Concluding Remarks on the Oriental Region ( p . 362 ) -Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Oriental Region ...
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... recent modification , and an origin in or near the locality where it occurs ; the other is a result of very ancient changes both organic and inorganic , and is connected with some of the most curious and difficult of the problems we ...
... recent modification , and an origin in or near the locality where it occurs ; the other is a result of very ancient changes both organic and inorganic , and is connected with some of the most curious and difficult of the problems we ...
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