2010年4月17日 · "Island Life; Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work explores the intricate relationship between islands and their unique ecosystems, delving into the phenomena that govern the distribution and development of plant and animal ...

2022年8月4日 · Previously published: New York : Harper & Bros., 1881. With new introd.

Alfred Russel Wallace is best known as the codiscoverer, with Charles Darwin, of natural selection, but he was also history’s foremost tropical naturalist and the father of biogeography, the modern study of the geographical basis of biological diversity. Island Life has long been considered one of his most important works. In it he extends ...

Island life; or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates by Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913

2008年6月8日 · Wallace was the first to use the new knowledge of Pleistocene ice ages to explain certain phenomena of animal distribution, and in Island Life he speculated about the possible causes of glaciation. He was one of the few 19th-century scientists to realize that astronomical causes alone would not suffice, but had to be combined with a ...

Dismissing popular theories of submerged continents and 'special creation', Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) presents extensive evidence of the mass migration of species, and of drastic and repeated climatic changes across the globe.

2024年7月21日 · island life Bookreader Item Preview ... island life by Alfred Russel Wallace. Publication date 1902 Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 1.0G . Addeddate 2024-07-21 00:15:40 Autocrop_version 0.0.17_books-serials-20230720-0.3 ...

After amassing empirical evidence from the Malay Archipelago, Wallace wrote Island Life (1881) in order to document the dynamic relationship between organisms and their climactic habitats. Anticipating our present concern for saving both endangered species and vanishing environments, Wallace's ecological studies helped substantiate the fact of ...