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Page 184
Every few yards discovered some new species , filling the mind with delight at
their beauty and variety . In dryer and more stony places , a pinnatifid clubmoss
stood up amongst the stones in crisp tufts , like the parsley fern on mountain -
sides ...
Every few yards discovered some new species , filling the mind with delight at
their beauty and variety . In dryer and more stony places , a pinnatifid clubmoss
stood up amongst the stones in crisp tufts , like the parsley fern on mountain -
sides ...
Page 256
This variety is in the ratio of the continuity of their habitats in time and space . It
follows also ... by the competition of improved varieties than by physical causes ;
so that when variation is most checked old forms will longest survive . Therefore I
...
This variety is in the ratio of the continuity of their habitats in time and space . It
follows also ... by the competition of improved varieties than by physical causes ;
so that when variation is most checked old forms will longest survive . Therefore I
...
Page 257
Continuity of Land and Air 257 varieties of animals that had been developed in
them would not , and their places would ... The same line of argument might be
used to explain the much greater variety in some classes of terrestrial animals
than ...
Continuity of Land and Air 257 varieties of animals that had been developed in
them would not , and their places would ... The same line of argument might be
used to explain the much greater variety in some classes of terrestrial animals
than ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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