Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
- ISLAND LIFE
- PART I THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS; ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II THE ELEMENTARY FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER III CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION.—ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS
- CHAPTER IV EVOLUTION AS THE KEY TO DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER V THE POWERS OF DISPERSAL OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- CHAPTER VI GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHANGES: THE PERMANENCE OF CONTINENTS
- CHAPTER VII CHANGES OF CLIMATE WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS: THE GLACIAL EPOCH
- CHAPTER VIII THE CAUSES OF GLACIAL EPOCHS
- CHAPTER IX ANCIENT GLACIAL EPOCHS, AND MILD CLIMATES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER X THE EARTH'S AGE, AND THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- PART II INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
- INDEX
- BY THE SAME AUTHOR
CHAPTER IX - ANCIENT GLACIAL EPOCHS, AND MILD CLIMATES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS
from PART I - THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS; ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
- ISLAND LIFE
- PART I THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS; ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II THE ELEMENTARY FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER III CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION.—ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS
- CHAPTER IV EVOLUTION AS THE KEY TO DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER V THE POWERS OF DISPERSAL OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- CHAPTER VI GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHANGES: THE PERMANENCE OF CONTINENTS
- CHAPTER VII CHANGES OF CLIMATE WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS: THE GLACIAL EPOCH
- CHAPTER VIII THE CAUSES OF GLACIAL EPOCHS
- CHAPTER IX ANCIENT GLACIAL EPOCHS, AND MILD CLIMATES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS
- CHAPTER X THE EARTH'S AGE, AND THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- PART II INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
- INDEX
- BY THE SAME AUTHOR
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- Island LifeOr, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates, pp. 163 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1880