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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alfred Russel Wallace |
ISBN: | 9781108053136 1108053130 9781139382076 1139382071 |
OCLC Number: | 889960704 |
Notes: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2014). |
Description: | 1 online resource (380 pages) |
Contents: | Preface; 1. The climate and physical aspects of the equatorial zone; 2. Equatorial vegetation; 3. Animal life in the tropical forests; 4. Humming-birds: as illustrating the luxuriance of tropical nature; 5. The colours of animals and sexual selection; 6. The colours of plants and the origin of the colour-sense; 7. By-paths in the domain of biology; 8. The distribution of animals as indicating geographical changes; Index. |
Series Title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics |
Responsibility: | Alfred Russel Wallace. |
Abstract:
In this investigation of tropical life, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) explores in detail the features of the equatorial forest belt. First published in 1878, the book addresses some of the most delightful mysteries of contemporary evolutionary theory, from colour-changing caterpillars to the meteorology of the Amazon.
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