Tropical nature, and other essays

By

Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Macmillan and co, 1878

Notes

Contents: I. The climate and physical aspects of the equatorial zone.--II. Equatorial vegetation.--III. Animal life in the tropical forests.--IV. Humming-birds: as illustrating the luxuriance of tropical nature.--V. The colours of animals and sexual selection.--VI. The colours of plants and the origin of the colour-sense.--VII. By-paths in the domain of biology.--VIII. The distribution of animals as indicating geographical changes.

Subjects

19th century , Botany , Evolution , Natural history , Natural selection , Tropics , Zoology

BHL Collections

Celebrating Alfred Russel Wallace

Charles Darwin's Library

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1261
OCLC: 4312421
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51402867