Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysRead Books Ltd, 25. mai 2016 - 418 pages This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1878 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Tropical Nature, and Other Essays' is a collection of essays including Wallace's observations on equatorial vegetation, animal life, and sexual. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory. |
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... CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE EQUATORIAL ZONE. II. EQUATORIAL VEGETATION. III. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS. IV. HUMMINGBIRDS: V. THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION. VI. THE COLOURS OF PLANTS AND THE ORIGIN OF THE ...
... CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE EQUATORIAL ZONE. II. EQUATORIAL VEGETATION. III. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS. IV. HUMMINGBIRDS: V. THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION. VI. THE COLOURS OF PLANTS AND THE ORIGIN OF THE ...
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... climates of geologic periods from the character of their organic remains. This part of the subject is however both complex ... climate are discussed in some detail, and the somewhat complex principles on which it depends are popularly ...
... climates of geologic periods from the character of their organic remains. This part of the subject is however both complex ... climate are discussed in some detail, and the somewhat complex principles on which it depends are popularly ...
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... climate and physical conditions of the tropics. The chapter entitled “Bypaths in the Domain of Biology” contains an account of certain curious relations of colour to locality, which are almost exclusively manifested within the tropical ...
... climate and physical conditions of the tropics. The chapter entitled “Bypaths in the Domain of Biology” contains an account of certain curious relations of colour to locality, which are almost exclusively manifested within the tropical ...
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... colour in nature is normal, and that its presence hardly requires to be accounted for so much as its absence—is an essential part of the theory. CROYDON, April, 1878. I. THE CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE EQUATORIAL ZONE.
... colour in nature is normal, and that its presence hardly requires to be accounted for so much as its absence—is an essential part of the theory. CROYDON, April, 1878. I. THE CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE EQUATORIAL ZONE.
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... Climate—Uniformity of the Equatorial Climate in all parts of the globe—Effects of Vegetation on Climate—Short Twilight of the Equatorial Zone—The aspect of the Equatorial Heavens—Intensity of meteorological phenomena at the Equator ...
... Climate—Uniformity of the Equatorial Climate in all parts of the globe—Effects of Vegetation on Climate—Short Twilight of the Equatorial Zone—The aspect of the Equatorial Heavens—Intensity of meteorological phenomena at the Equator ...
Contents
ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS | |
THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION | |
THE COLOURS OF PLANTS AND THE ORIGIN OF | |
THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AS INDICATING | |
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