Island Life - Wallace, Alfred Russel
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Island Life: Or The Phenomena And Causes Of Insular Faunas And Floras is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist and biologist, in 1880. The book explores the unique characteristics of island ecosystems, including the flora and fauna that inhabit them. Wallace discusses the various factors that contribute to the evolution and adaptation of species on isolated islands, such as geographical isolation, climate, and competition for resources. He also examines the differences between island and mainland species, and the ways in which island life has influenced the development…mehr

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Island Life: Or The Phenomena And Causes Of Insular Faunas And Floras is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist and biologist, in 1880. The book explores the unique characteristics of island ecosystems, including the flora and fauna that inhabit them. Wallace discusses the various factors that contribute to the evolution and adaptation of species on isolated islands, such as geographical isolation, climate, and competition for resources. He also examines the differences between island and mainland species, and the ways in which island life has influenced the development of scientific theories about evolution and natural selection. Island Life is considered a seminal work in the field of biogeography and remains a valuable resource for scientists and researchers studying island ecosystems.Including A Revision And Attempted Solution Of The Problem Of Geological Climates.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist, and illustrator who lived from 8 January 1823 to 7 November 1913. His own development of the theory of evolution through natural selection is what made him most famous. Charles Darwin's earlier papers on the subject were also excerpted in his 1858 paper, which was published in the same year. In response, Darwin rapidly wrote an abstract of the "great species book" he was composing, which he then published in 1859 as "On the Origin of Species. Beginning in the Amazon River basin, Wallace conducted considerable fieldwork. The Wallace Line, which divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts and is now known as the Wallace Line, was discovered by him while conducting fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago. In the western portion, where the animals are large and of Asian origin, and in the eastern portion, where the fauna reflects Australasia. He is frequently referred to as the "father of biogeography," or more specifically, of zoogeography, and was thought to be the foremost authority on the geographic distribution of animal species in the 19th century.