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Page 205
It is the answer to the question , What became of the many peculiar tropical
American genera of animals and plants , when a great part of the tropics was
covered with ice , and the climate of the lower lands much colder than now ? For
instance ...
It is the answer to the question , What became of the many peculiar tropical
American genera of animals and plants , when a great part of the tropics was
covered with ice , and the climate of the lower lands much colder than now ? For
instance ...
Page 255
Land and Fresh - Water Mollusks 255 Neither of Ancylus , which lives attached ,
limpet - like , to sticks and stones , and has very limited facilities of migration , are
there any species throughout the province more than we have in Britain . ” 1 The
...
Land and Fresh - Water Mollusks 255 Neither of Ancylus , which lives attached ,
limpet - like , to sticks and stones , and has very limited facilities of migration , are
there any species throughout the province more than we have in Britain . ” 1 The
...
Page 256
When the land again rose from below the sea , the marine fauna was not
destroyed — it simply retired farther back . There is every reason to believe that
the production of species is a slow process , and if fresh - water areas have not
continued ...
When the land again rose from below the sea , the marine fauna was not
destroyed — it simply retired farther back . There is every reason to believe that
the production of species is a slow process , and if fresh - water areas have not
continued ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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