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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
- ISLAND LIFE
- PART I THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS; ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES
- PART II INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
- CHAPTER XI THE CLASSIFICATION OF ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XII OCEANIC ISLANDS:—THE AZORES AND BERMUDA
- CHAPTER XIII THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XIV ST. HELENA
- CHAPTER XV THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XVI CONTINENTAL ISLANDS OF RECENT ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN
- CHAPTER XVII BORNEO AND JAVA
- CHAPTER XVIII JAPAN AND FORMOSA
- CHAPTER XIX ANCIENT CONTINENTAL ISLANDS: THE MADAGASCAR GROUP
- CHAPTER XX ANOMALOUS ISLANDS: CELEBES
- CHAPTER XXI ANOMALOUS ISLANDS: NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER XXII THE FLOBA OF NEW ZEALAND: ITS AFFINITIES AND PROBABLE, ORIGIN
- CHAPTER XXIII ON THE ARCTIC ELEMENT IN SOUTH TEMPERATE FLORAS
- CHAPTER XXIV SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- INDEX
- BY THE SAME AUTHOR
CHAPTER XVI - CONTINENTAL ISLANDS OF RECENT ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN
from PART II - INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
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
- PART II INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
- CHAPTER XI THE CLASSIFICATION OF ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XII OCEANIC ISLANDS:—THE AZORES AND BERMUDA
- CHAPTER XIII THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XIV ST. HELENA
- CHAPTER XV THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XVI CONTINENTAL ISLANDS OF RECENT ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN
- CHAPTER XVII BORNEO AND JAVA
- CHAPTER XVIII JAPAN AND FORMOSA
- CHAPTER XIX ANCIENT CONTINENTAL ISLANDS: THE MADAGASCAR GROUP
- CHAPTER XX ANOMALOUS ISLANDS: CELEBES
- CHAPTER XXI ANOMALOUS ISLANDS: NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER XXII THE FLOBA OF NEW ZEALAND: ITS AFFINITIES AND PROBABLE, ORIGIN
- CHAPTER XXIII ON THE ARCTIC ELEMENT IN SOUTH TEMPERATE FLORAS
- CHAPTER XXIV SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- 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. 312 - 347Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1880