Title
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
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