The Naturalist in NicaraguaUniversity of Chicago Press, 1985 - 403 pages "The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published."—Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later—for example, the fact that certain plants have "standing armies" of ants that defend them. |
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... insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants their method of defoliating trees : their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign trees are very sub- ject to their attack - Method of destroying ...
... insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues - Leaf - cutting ants their method of defoliating trees : their nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign trees are very sub- ject to their attack - Method of destroying ...
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... insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about wasps - Humming - birds bathing - Singular myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs ...
... insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about wasps - Humming - birds bathing - Singular myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs ...
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Thomas Belt. PAGE in Nicaragua in 1872 - Water - bearing plants - Insect - traps- The south - western edge of the ... insects , and leaf - hoppers furnish ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between ...
Thomas Belt. PAGE in Nicaragua in 1872 - Water - bearing plants - Insect - traps- The south - western edge of the ... insects , and leaf - hoppers furnish ants with honey , and in return are protected by the latter - Contest between ...
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... three zones - Journey from Juigalpa to lake of Nicaragua - Voyage on lake - Fresh - water shells and insects Similarity of fresh - water productions all over the • 308 world - Distribution of European land and fresh - water.
... three zones - Journey from Juigalpa to lake of Nicaragua - Voyage on lake - Fresh - water shells and insects Similarity of fresh - water productions all over the • 308 world - Distribution of European land and fresh - water.
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... insects of Chontales - Mimetic forms - Departure from the mines- Nicaragua as a field for emigration - Journey to Greytown- Return to England . • 338 358 • . 374 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR . ALLIGATORS xxxiv CONTENTS .
... insects of Chontales - Mimetic forms - Departure from the mines- Nicaragua as a field for emigration - Journey to Greytown- Return to England . • 338 358 • . 374 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR . ALLIGATORS xxxiv CONTENTS .
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 11 |
CHAPTER III | 30 |
CHAPTER IV | 43 |
CHAPTER V | 61 |
CHAPTER VI | 85 |
CHAPTER VII | 103 |
CHAPTER VIII | 126 |
CHAPTER XII | 212 |
CHAPTER XIII | 231 |
CHAPTER XIV | 247 |
CHAPTER XV | 275 |
CHAPTER XVI | 292 |
CHAPTER XVII | 308 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 327 |
CHAPTER XX | 358 |
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