Island Life; Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
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FRONTISPIECE
ISLAND LIFE
THE PHENOMENA AND CAUSES OF
INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
INCLUDING A REVISION AND ATTEMPTED SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF
GEOLOGICAL CLIMATES
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
SECOND AND REVISED EDITION
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1895
SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER,
WHO, MORE THAN ANY OTHER WRITER,
HAS ADVANCED OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS, AND ESPECIALLY
OF INSULAR FLORAS,
I Dedicate this Volume;
ON A KINDRED SUBJECT,
AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION AND REGARD.
CORRECTIONS IN PRESENT ISSUE.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
PART II
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
ISLAND LIFE
PART I
THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS
ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
PART II
INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
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