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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... leaf and opening flower, And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern, The glorious blossoms of sweetscented May, The flowery hedgerows and the fragrant hay, And the wide landscape's ...
... leaf and opening flower, And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern, The glorious blossoms of sweetscented May, The flowery hedgerows and the fragrant hay, And the wide landscape's ...
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... leaves and buds unfold almost before the eye, and fresh shoots may often be observed to have grown many inches since the preceding day. The temperature is the most delicious conceivable. The slight chill of early dawn, which was itself ...
... leaves and buds unfold almost before the eye, and fresh shoots may often be observed to have grown many inches since the preceding day. The temperature is the most delicious conceivable. The slight chill of early dawn, which was itself ...
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... leaf and flowerbuds expanding rapidly. * * * The heat increased hourly, and towards two o'clock reached 92° to 93° Fahr., by which time every voice of bird and mammal was hushed. The leaves, which were so moist and fresh in early ...
... leaf and flowerbuds expanding rapidly. * * * The heat increased hourly, and towards two o'clock reached 92° to 93° Fahr., by which time every voice of bird and mammal was hushed. The leaves, which were so moist and fresh in early ...
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Alfred Russel Wallace. flowerpetals and fallen leaves are seen under the trees. Towards evening life revives again, and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree. The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky; and ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. flowerpetals and fallen leaves are seen under the trees. Towards evening life revives again, and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree. The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky; and ...
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... leaf not common in the temperate zone, although the great mass of the trees offer nothing very remarkable in this ... leaves of the Asiatic caoutchouctree (Ficus elastica), so often cultivated in houses, is a type of this class, which ...
... leaf not common in the temperate zone, although the great mass of the trees offer nothing very remarkable in this ... leaves of the Asiatic caoutchouctree (Ficus elastica), so often cultivated in houses, is a type of this class, which ...
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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